State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Indiana
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Indiana, $62,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 57.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.3%
District of Columbia vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+33.6%
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%
Indiana
Interior Designers
- Median
- $62,580
- p25
- $49,060
- p75
- $76,950
- p10
- $40,860
- p90
- $94,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.