State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Kentucky
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Kentucky, $53,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.7% — not 97.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+97.2%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+60.7%
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%
Kentucky
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $53,260
- p25
- $41,930
- p75
- $55,360
- p10
- $31,070
- p90
- $87,610
- 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.