State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Connecticut vs Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Connecticut, $60,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.7%
Connecticut vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-23.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $60,680
- p25
- $54,800
- p75
- $75,270
- p10
- $49,120
- p90
- $105,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $80,540
- p25
- $64,490
- p75
- $88,080
- p10
- $47,110
- p90
- $114,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.