State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs North Carolina
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In North Carolina, $61,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 30.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.7%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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%
North Carolina
Interior Designers
- Median
- $61,400
- p25
- $49,490
- p75
- $78,210
- p10
- $39,870
- p90
- $100,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.