State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers in Washington earn a median of $77,230. In Kentucky, $53,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 31%.
Nominal pay gap
-31%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
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
Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $77,230
- p25
- $59,990
- p75
- $129,280
- p10
- $53,880
- p90
- $164,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.