State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Oregon
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%
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
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.