State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers in Washington earn a median of $77,230. In Missouri, $51,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 33.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.2%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $51,610
- p25
- $37,780
- p75
- $65,840
- p10
- $33,530
- p90
- $74,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.