State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Kansas
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Kansas, $61,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.3%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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%
Kansas
Interior Designers
- Median
- $61,090
- p25
- $49,110
- p75
- $79,590
- p10
- $43,040
- p90
- $94,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.