State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Ohio
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Ohio, $54,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 61.4% — not 92.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+92.5%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+61.4%
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%
Ohio
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $54,560
- p25
- $40,340
- p75
- $65,630
- p10
- $23,760
- p90
- $92,020
- 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.