State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Iowa
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Iowa, $58,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.5% — not 69.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.6%
District of Columbia vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+35.5%
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%
Iowa
Interior Designers
- Median
- $58,040
- p25
- $47,830
- p75
- $74,590
- p10
- $39,510
- p90
- $118,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.