State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Alaska, $63,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-31%
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
District of Columbia
Interior Designers
- Median
- $98,450
- p25
- $75,980
- p75
- $127,070
- p10
- $66,930
- p90
- $140,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- 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.