State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Louisiana
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Louisiana, $60,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 32.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.4%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+5.5%
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%
Louisiana
Interior Designers
- Median
- $60,610
- p25
- $45,990
- p75
- $69,120
- p10
- $37,500
- p90
- $81,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.