State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Massachusetts, $74,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.9%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+34.7%
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%
Massachusetts
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $74,540
- p25
- $56,400
- p75
- $100,200
- p10
- $51,870
- p90
- $123,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.