State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Pennsylvania, $59,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+25.5%
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
Pennsylvania
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $59,670
- p25
- $51,110
- p75
- $68,520
- p10
- $46,430
- p90
- $114,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.