State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Maine
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Maine, $63,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.7%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+10.3%
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%
Maine
Interior Designers
- Median
- $63,830
- p25
- $52,630
- p75
- $72,520
- p10
- $34,280
- p90
- $93,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.