State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Massachusetts, $80,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+18.3%
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%
Massachusetts
Interior Designers
- Median
- $80,110
- p25
- $61,640
- p75
- $95,410
- p10
- $52,230
- p90
- $123,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.