State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Mississippi
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Mississippi, $43,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.2% — not 83.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+83.4%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+44.2%
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%
Mississippi
Interior Designers
- Median
- $43,740
- p25
- $34,250
- p75
- $55,280
- p10
- $31,660
- p90
- $88,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.