State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Missouri
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Missouri, $51,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35% — not 56.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.1%
Maryland vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+35%
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
Missouri
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $51,610
- p25
- $37,780
- p75
- $65,840
- p10
- $33,530
- p90
- $74,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.