State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Nevada
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Nevada, $50,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.8% — not 58.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.4%
Maryland vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+50.8%
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
Nevada
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $50,860
- p25
- $39,320
- p75
- $79,610
- p10
- $34,930
- p90
- $101,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.