State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Kentucky, $59,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.4% — not 66.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.2%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+36.4%
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%
Kentucky
Interior Designers
- Median
- $59,240
- p25
- $44,430
- p75
- $75,630
- p10
- $38,690
- p90
- $97,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.