State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Texas
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Texas, $56,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 41.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.5%
Maryland vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+30.8%
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
Texas
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $56,930
- p25
- $44,420
- p75
- $74,500
- p10
- $36,480
- p90
- $111,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.