State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Indiana
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Indiana, $72,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.6% — not 45.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+45.5%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+22.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $105,030
- p25
- $73,200
- p75
- $134,030
- p10
- $47,400
- p90
- $162,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
Indiana
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $72,200
- p25
- $46,940
- p75
- $74,990
- p10
- $44,540
- p90
- $93,700
- 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.