State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Massachusetts, $74,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 8%.
Nominal pay gap
+8%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Massachusetts
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $74,540
- p25
- $56,400
- p75
- $100,200
- p10
- $51,870
- p90
- $123,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.