State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Louisiana
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Louisiana, $60,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.7% — not 72.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+72.8%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+37.7%
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%
Louisiana
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $60,790
- p25
- $47,440
- p75
- $75,720
- p10
- $33,480
- p90
- $95,990
- 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.