State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Texas
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Texas, $65,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.5% — not 51.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+51.1%
District of Columbia vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+33.5%
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%
Texas
Interior Designers
- Median
- $65,160
- p25
- $49,180
- p75
- $81,850
- p10
- $39,430
- p90
- $103,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -61%
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.