State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs North Carolina
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In North Carolina, $49,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 81.1% — not 112.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+112.6%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+81.1%
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%
North Carolina
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $49,410
- p25
- $42,370
- p75
- $60,150
- p10
- $22,160
- p90
- $87,510
- 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.