State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Utah
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Utah, $61,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 29.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.9%
California vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+16.1%
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%
Utah
Interior Designers
- Median
- $61,740
- p25
- $52,830
- p75
- $74,660
- p10
- $48,130
- p90
- $96,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.