State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers in Washington earn a median of $77,230. In Minnesota, $66,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.1% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.4%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $66,090
- p25
- $62,560
- p75
- $75,140
- p10
- $49,290
- p90
- $84,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.