State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In District of Columbia, $76,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 4.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.5%
District of Columbia vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $76,900
- p25
- $63,600
- p75
- $104,330
- p10
- $47,600
- p90
- $118,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $80,540
- p25
- $64,490
- p75
- $88,080
- p10
- $47,110
- p90
- $114,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.