State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Iowa
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Iowa, $50,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 64.5% — not 107.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+107.4%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+64.5%
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%
Iowa
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $50,640
- p25
- $50,640
- p75
- $61,270
- p10
- $46,840
- p90
- $70,000
- 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.