State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Minnesota
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Minnesota, $66,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.4% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.9%
Maryland vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+14.4%
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
Minnesota
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $66,090
- p25
- $62,560
- p75
- $75,140
- p10
- $49,290
- p90
- $84,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.