State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Nebraska
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Nebraska, $73,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 8.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.9%
Maryland vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
-6.6%
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
Nebraska
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $73,980
- p25
- $57,770
- p75
- $80,140
- p10
- $48,180
- p90
- $93,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.