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Designers, All Other pay in Hawaii and New Hampshire
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Designers, All Other is $85,700 per year in Hawaii. It is $94,660 per year in New Hampshire. Hawaii is 9.5% below New Hampshire on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-1029 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists Not published wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and Not published in New Hampshire. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings