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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: Alaska vs California

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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
See full breakdown for Alaska

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%
See full breakdown for California

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.