State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Kentucky
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Kentucky, $59,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 35.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.4%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
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%
Kentucky
Interior Designers
- Median
- $59,240
- p25
- $44,430
- p75
- $75,630
- p10
- $38,690
- p90
- $97,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.