State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Hawaii
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Hawaii, $63,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
California vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+25%
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%
Hawaii
Interior Designers
- Median
- $63,780
- p25
- $52,040
- p75
- $79,990
- p10
- $45,930
- p90
- $121,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.