State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs New Mexico
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In New Mexico, $60,850. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.7% — not 61.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.8%
District of Columbia vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+35.7%
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%
New Mexico
Interior Designers
- Median
- $60,850
- p25
- $47,990
- p75
- $72,800
- p10
- $41,480
- p90
- $90,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.