State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs West Virginia
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In West Virginia, $49,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 61.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.1%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+30.3%
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%
West Virginia
Interior Designers
- Median
- $49,800
- p25
- $39,850
- p75
- $59,610
- p10
- $38,130
- p90
- $77,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.