State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Illinois
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Illinois, $76,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
+29%
District of Columbia vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Illinois
Interior Designers
- Median
- $76,290
- p25
- $59,870
- p75
- $93,090
- p10
- $44,620
- p90
- $131,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.