State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Michigan
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Michigan, $59,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 35.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.2%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+17.5%
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%
Michigan
Interior Designers
- Median
- $59,340
- p25
- $47,620
- p75
- $75,640
- p10
- $32,800
- p90
- $97,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.