State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In North Carolina, $49,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.4% — not 63%.
Nominal pay gap
+63%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+46.4%
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
North Carolina
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $49,410
- p25
- $42,370
- p75
- $60,150
- p10
- $22,160
- p90
- $87,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.