State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Pennsylvania, $59,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.2% — not 76%.
Nominal pay gap
+76%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+55.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $59,670
- p25
- $51,110
- p75
- $68,520
- p10
- $46,430
- p90
- $114,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.