State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Maryland
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Maryland, $65,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
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%
Maryland
Interior Designers
- Median
- $65,070
- p25
- $59,310
- p75
- $80,110
- p10
- $45,850
- p90
- $99,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.