State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Delaware
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Delaware, $60,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 32.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.9%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+19.8%
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%
Delaware
Interior Designers
- Median
- $60,360
- p25
- $57,400
- p75
- $71,490
- p10
- $48,770
- p90
- $86,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.