State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Tennessee
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Tennessee, $63,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.3% — not 54.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.6%
District of Columbia vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+29.3%
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%
Tennessee
Interior Designers
- Median
- $63,660
- p25
- $48,260
- p75
- $79,730
- p10
- $40,240
- p90
- $101,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.