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Interior Designers pay in Colorado and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Interior Designers is $78,390 per year in Colorado. It is $98,450 per year in District of Columbia. Colorado is 20.4% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-1025 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 2,300 wage and salary jobs in Colorado and 620 in District of Columbia. 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