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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: California vs Georgia

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Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Georgia, $71,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 11.8%.

Nominal pay gap
+11.8%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
-2.7%
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

Georgia

Interior Designers

Median
$71,760
p25
$52,750
p75
$94,530
p10
$45,190
p90
$123,820
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
96.3
Hiring velocity (180d)
-56%
See full breakdown for Georgia

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.