State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: Arkansas vs California
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Arkansas, $69,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.1% — not 12.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.8%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+11.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Interior Designers
- Median
- $69,990
- p25
- $57,560
- p75
- $99,850
- p10
- $45,390
- p90
- $137,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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%
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.