State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Texas
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Texas, $65,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.1%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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%
Texas
Interior Designers
- Median
- $65,160
- p25
- $49,180
- p75
- $81,850
- p10
- $39,430
- p90
- $103,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.