State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Pennsylvania, $62,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.1% — not 57.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.8%
District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+40.1%
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%
Pennsylvania
Interior Designers
- Median
- $62,400
- p25
- $50,560
- p75
- $81,330
- p10
- $44,470
- p90
- $97,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.