State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Nebraska
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Nebraska, $73,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
+42%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
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%
Nebraska
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $73,980
- p25
- $57,770
- p75
- $80,140
- p10
- $48,180
- p90
- $93,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.