State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Arizona vs California
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Arizona, $46,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.6% — not 55.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-55.9%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-51.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $46,280
- p25
- $40,200
- p75
- $60,610
- p10
- $38,660
- p90
- $109,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
California
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $105,030
- p25
- $73,200
- p75
- $134,030
- p10
- $47,400
- p90
- $162,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.