State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs New Jersey
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In New Jersey, $76,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 37.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.5%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+35.1%
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%
New Jersey
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $76,380
- p25
- $61,610
- p75
- $98,560
- p10
- $47,400
- p90
- $112,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.