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