State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers in Washington earn a median of $77,230. In Arkansas, $38,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.3% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.9%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-38.3%
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
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.