State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In New Jersey, $76,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.4%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+9.3%
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
New Jersey
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $76,380
- p25
- $61,610
- p75
- $98,560
- p10
- $47,400
- p90
- $112,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.