State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Iowa, $50,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.8% — not 37.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.1%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-24.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $50,640
- p25
- $50,640
- p75
- $61,270
- p10
- $46,840
- p90
- $70,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.