State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs North Dakota
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In North Dakota, $59,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.5%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+9%
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 Dakota
Interior Designers
- Median
- $59,190
- p25
- $47,740
- p75
- $64,730
- p10
- $39,100
- p90
- $84,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.