State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Arizona vs Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Arizona, $46,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.1% — not 42.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.5%
Arizona vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-40.1%
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
Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $80,540
- p25
- $64,490
- p75
- $88,080
- p10
- $47,110
- p90
- $114,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.