State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Utah
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Utah, $44,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 70.3% — not 80.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+80.8%
Maryland vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+70.3%
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
Utah
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $44,540
- p25
- $40,160
- p75
- $65,320
- p10
- $21,100
- p90
- $96,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.