State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Mississippi
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Mississippi, $43,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 78.2% — not 125.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+125.1%
District of Columbia vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+78.2%
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%
Mississippi
Interior Designers
- Median
- $43,740
- p25
- $34,250
- p75
- $55,280
- p10
- $31,660
- p90
- $88,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.