State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Minnesota
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Minnesota, $73,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 9.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.5%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-2.5%
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%
Minnesota
Interior Designers
- Median
- $73,270
- p25
- $54,070
- p75
- $83,920
- p10
- $41,280
- p90
- $103,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.