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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: California vs Florida

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Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Florida, $60,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.1% — not 31.8%.

Nominal pay gap
+31.8%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+23.1%
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%
See full breakdown for California

Florida

Interior Designers

Median
$60,860
p25
$47,270
p75
$79,300
p10
$39,050
p90
$96,930
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.4
Hiring velocity (180d)
-91%
See full breakdown for Florida

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.