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Fashion Designers pay in Madison, WI and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Fashion Designers is $57,030 per year in Madison, WI. It is $108,220 per year in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. Madison, WI is 47.3% below Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-1022 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Madison, WI and 70 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. 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