State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Florida
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%
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%
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.