State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Kentucky, $53,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.9%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-23%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $53,260
- p25
- $41,930
- p75
- $55,360
- p10
- $31,070
- p90
- $87,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.