State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Ohio
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Ohio, $54,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 47.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.6%
Maryland vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+30.5%
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
Ohio
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $54,560
- p25
- $40,340
- p75
- $65,630
- p10
- $23,760
- p90
- $92,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.