State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Washington
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Washington, $76,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.8%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
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%
Washington
Interior Designers
- Median
- $76,570
- p25
- $63,370
- p75
- $96,470
- p10
- $48,050
- p90
- $109,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.