State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs South Dakota
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In South Dakota, $65,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 51%.
Nominal pay gap
+51%
District of Columbia vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
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%
South Dakota
Interior Designers
- Median
- $65,220
- p25
- $58,620
- p75
- $77,420
- p10
- $46,650
- p90
- $124,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.