State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: California vs Texas
Set and Exhibit Designers in California earn a median of $105,030. In Texas, $56,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 61.8% — not 84.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+84.5%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+61.8%
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%
Texas
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $56,930
- p25
- $44,420
- p75
- $74,500
- p10
- $36,480
- p90
- $111,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.