State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Michigan
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Michigan, $59,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.2% — not 65.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.9%
District of Columbia vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+45.2%
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%
Michigan
Interior Designers
- Median
- $59,340
- p25
- $47,620
- p75
- $75,640
- p10
- $32,800
- p90
- $97,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.