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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: California vs Texas

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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%
See full breakdown for California

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%
See full breakdown for Texas

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.