State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Rhode Island, $58,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.7% — not 69.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.4%
District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+57.7%
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%
Rhode Island
Interior Designers
- Median
- $58,100
- p25
- $50,290
- p75
- $76,810
- p10
- $50,270
- p90
- $99,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.