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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: California vs Nebraska

Occupation

Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Nebraska, $64,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 23.7%.

Nominal pay gap
+23.7%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+0.7%
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%
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Nebraska

Interior Designers

Median
$64,870
p25
$50,870
p75
$86,310
p10
$43,840
p90
$100,200
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
See full breakdown for Nebraska

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.