State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs New York
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In New York, $75,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 6.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.2%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
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 York
Interior Designers
- Median
- $75,580
- p25
- $48,980
- p75
- $93,100
- p10
- $35,990
- p90
- $125,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -54%
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.