State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Interior Designers in California earn a median of $80,230. In Wisconsin, $62,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.9%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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%
Wisconsin
Interior Designers
- Median
- $62,740
- p25
- $48,670
- p75
- $77,460
- p10
- $35,740
- p90
- $99,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.