State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Arkansas, $69,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.9%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-10.1%
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
District of Columbia
Interior Designers
- Median
- $98,450
- p25
- $75,980
- p75
- $127,070
- p10
- $66,930
- p90
- $140,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- 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.