State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Arkansas vs California
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Arkansas, $38,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.1% — not 63.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-63.2%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-53.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $38,700
- p25
- $35,200
- p75
- $48,430
- p10
- $35,200
- p90
- $72,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.