State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: Alaska vs California
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Alaska, $63,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Interior Designers
- Median
- $63,320
- p25
- $60,150
- p75
- $83,960
- p10
- $44,980
- p90
- $114,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Interior Designers
- Median
- $80,230
- p25
- $63,370
- p75
- $102,940
- p10
- $50,940
- p90
- $131,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.