State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Virginia
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Virginia, $62,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.1% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+17.1%
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%
Virginia
Interior Designers
- Median
- $62,560
- p25
- $49,980
- p75
- $81,680
- p10
- $43,230
- p90
- $100,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.