State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Kansas
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Kansas, $16,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 411% — not 527.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+527.8%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+411%
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%
Kansas
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $16,730
- p25
- $16,730
- p75
- $34,260
- p10
- $16,730
- p90
- $58,160
- 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.