State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Iowa
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Iowa, $58,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 38.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.2%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+9.6%
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%
Iowa
Interior Designers
- Median
- $58,040
- p25
- $47,830
- p75
- $74,590
- p10
- $39,510
- p90
- $118,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.