State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Arizona vs Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers in Washington earn a median of $77,230. In Arizona, $46,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.1%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36.3%
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
Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $77,230
- p25
- $59,990
- p75
- $129,280
- p10
- $53,880
- p90
- $164,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.