State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs New Hampshire
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In New Hampshire, $64,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 25.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.1%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+17.7%
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%
New Hampshire
Interior Designers
- Median
- $64,140
- p25
- $47,580
- p75
- $75,760
- p10
- $38,330
- p90
- $97,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.