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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: California vs Oregon

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Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Oregon, $66,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 20.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+20.9%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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%
See full breakdown for California

Oregon

Interior Designers

Median
$66,350
p25
$58,320
p75
$84,310
p10
$48,570
p90
$104,040
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.4
See full breakdown for Oregon

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.