State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Minnesota
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Minnesota, $66,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.5% — not 58.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.9%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+41.5%
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%
Minnesota
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $66,090
- p25
- $62,560
- p75
- $75,140
- p10
- $49,290
- p90
- $84,670
- 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.