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State comparison · 2025

Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Massachusetts

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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%
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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%
See full breakdown for Massachusetts

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.