State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Tennessee
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Tennessee, $63,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.6% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+4.6%
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%
Tennessee
Interior Designers
- Median
- $63,660
- p25
- $48,260
- p75
- $79,730
- p10
- $40,240
- p90
- $101,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.