State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Illinois
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Illinois, $76,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.2%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-5%
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%
Illinois
Interior Designers
- Median
- $76,290
- p25
- $59,870
- p75
- $93,090
- p10
- $44,620
- p90
- $131,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.