State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Ohio
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Ohio, $61,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.6%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+9.5%
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%
Ohio
Interior Designers
- Median
- $61,410
- p25
- $51,160
- p75
- $83,880
- p10
- $47,080
- p90
- $103,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.