State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Maryland
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Maryland, $65,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.6% — not 51.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.3%
District of Columbia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+44.6%
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%
Maryland
Interior Designers
- Median
- $65,070
- p25
- $59,310
- p75
- $80,110
- p10
- $45,850
- p90
- $99,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.