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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: California vs Washington

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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%
See full breakdown for California

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%
See full breakdown for Washington

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.