State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers in Washington earn a median of $77,230. In Massachusetts, $74,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 3.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.5%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $74,540
- p25
- $56,400
- p75
- $100,200
- p10
- $51,870
- p90
- $123,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $77,230
- p25
- $59,990
- p75
- $129,280
- p10
- $53,880
- p90
- $164,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.