State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers in Washington earn a median of $77,230. In Nebraska, $73,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 4.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.2%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $73,980
- p25
- $57,770
- p75
- $80,140
- p10
- $48,180
- p90
- $93,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.