State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Vermont
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Vermont, $63,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+11.2%
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%
Vermont
Interior Designers
- Median
- $63,870
- p25
- $54,190
- p75
- $78,670
- p10
- $43,600
- p90
- $136,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.