State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Connecticut
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Connecticut, $67,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.2%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+11.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Connecticut
Interior Designers
- Median
- $67,330
- p25
- $53,780
- p75
- $82,750
- p10
- $44,320
- p90
- $117,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.