State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs New Mexico
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In New Mexico, $60,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 31.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.8%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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 Mexico
Interior Designers
- Median
- $60,850
- p25
- $47,990
- p75
- $72,800
- p10
- $41,480
- p90
- $90,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.