State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Arkansas, $38,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.9% — not 51.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.9%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-41.9%
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
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.