State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Maryland vs Virginia
Set and Exhibit Designers in Maryland earn a median of $80,540. In Virginia, $58,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.3%
Maryland vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+32.2%
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
Virginia
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $58,650
- p25
- $46,870
- p75
- $83,200
- p10
- $41,600
- p90
- $104,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.