State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Missouri
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Missouri, $51,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 66.9% — not 103.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+103.5%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+66.9%
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%
Missouri
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $51,610
- p25
- $37,780
- p75
- $65,840
- p10
- $33,530
- p90
- $74,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.