State comparison · 2025
Set and Exhibit Designers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Set and Exhibit Designers in Washington earn a median of $77,230. In Pennsylvania, $59,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Set and Exhibit Designers
- Median
- $59,670
- p25
- $51,110
- p75
- $68,520
- p10
- $46,430
- p90
- $114,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.