State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Indiana
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Indiana, $62,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.1% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+8.1%
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%
Indiana
Interior Designers
- Median
- $62,580
- p25
- $49,060
- p75
- $76,950
- p10
- $40,860
- p90
- $94,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.