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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: California vs Iowa

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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%
See full breakdown for California

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
See full breakdown for Iowa

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.