State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: Connecticut vs District of Columbia
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Connecticut, $67,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.5% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.6%
Connecticut vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-27.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Interior Designers
- Median
- $67,330
- p25
- $53,780
- p75
- $82,750
- p10
- $44,320
- p90
- $117,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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%
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.