State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Montana
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Montana, $61,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 29.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.9%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+11%
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%
Montana
Interior Designers
- Median
- $61,770
- p25
- $43,750
- p75
- $78,850
- p10
- $31,540
- p90
- $86,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.