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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia

Occupation

Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Colorado, $78,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 20.4%.

Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-15.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Colorado

Interior Designers

Median
$78,390
p25
$61,790
p75
$102,510
p10
$48,830
p90
$133,810
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
103.1
Hiring velocity (180d)
+200%
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District of Columbia

Interior Designers

Median
$98,450
p25
$75,980
p75
$127,070
p10
$66,930
p90
$140,870
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
109.9
Hiring velocity (180d)
-71%
See full breakdown for District of Columbia

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.