State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Indiana vs Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Indiana, $72,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 10.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-10.4%
Indiana vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+0.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $72,200
- p25
- $46,940
- p75
- $74,990
- p10
- $44,540
- p90
- $93,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $80,540
- p25
- $64,490
- p75
- $88,080
- p10
- $47,110
- p90
- $114,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.