State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Rhode Island, $58,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.1%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+27.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Interior Designers
- Median
- $58,100
- p25
- $50,290
- p75
- $76,810
- p10
- $50,270
- p90
- $99,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.