Highest-paying Cities for Interior Designers

The top 100 highest paying cities for interior designers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of interior designers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $88,290, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for interior designers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $80,640). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of interior designers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Interior Designers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$88,290	$51,330	1,920
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$80,640	$50,950	320
3	Worcester, Massachusetts	$77,120	$48,220	40
4	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$76,730	$44,390	30
5	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$76,440	$49,590	1,650
6	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$75,040	$46,850	450
7	Reading, Pennsylvania	$74,970	$43,020	60
8	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$74,960	$50,270	520
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$74,900	$50,900	3,890
10	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$74,750	$52,130	70
11	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$74,430	$31,350	30
12	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$73,740	$41,770	6,910
13	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$73,100	$42,570	100
14	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$72,740	$45,650	1,840
15	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$72,560	$45,360	90
16	Boulder, Colorado	$71,790	$44,280	150
17	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$71,140	$44,020	120
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$69,990	$56,770	1,070
19	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$69,220	$49,150	60
20	Salinas, California	$68,860	$47,010	40
21	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$68,500	$54,000	n/a
22	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$68,440	$41,360	n/a
23	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$68,340	$41,730	80
24	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$68,310	$39,540	130
25	Danbury, Connecticut	$67,910	$45,910	30
26	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$67,760	$31,500	650
27	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$67,610	$45,250	530
28	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$67,310	$39,570	110
29	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$67,060	$43,980	40
30	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$66,810	$33,670	40
31	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$66,540	$41,140	140
32	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$66,520	$44,640	350
33	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$66,500	$46,640	790
34	Huntsville, Alabama	$65,980	$33,410	90
35	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$65,160	$37,620	190
36	Manchester, New Hampshire	$65,150	$43,690	30
37	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$65,150	$36,730	40
38	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$65,010	$45,870	1,430
39	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$64,920	$33,510	2,480
40	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$64,790	$46,800	50
41	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$64,600	$37,440	70
42	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,580	$40,880	960
43	Peabody, Massachusetts	$64,570	$19,400	n/a
44	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$64,540	$40,760	1,550
45	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$64,450	$31,530	3,020
46	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$64,320	$44,750	50
47	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$64,170	$18,740	300
48	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$64,040	$49,780	1,220
49	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$63,450	$44,340	520
50	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$63,410	$44,480	100
51	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$63,400	$46,270	740
52	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama	$63,200	$32,010	60
53	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$63,040	$47,880	560
54	Mobile, Alabama	$62,990	$31,200	40
55	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$62,950	$45,870	30
56	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$62,690	$31,600	2,280
57	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$62,490	$26,010	100
58	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$62,400	$43,090	250
59	Altoona, Pennsylvania	$62,310	$35,860	30
60	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,260	$38,100	1,040
61	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$62,260	$46,530	30
62	Fresno, California	$62,140	$46,820	80
63	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$62,010	$38,480	60
64	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$62,000	$34,490	470
65	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$61,950	$45,790	80
66	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$61,780	$46,590	120
67	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$61,660	$31,200	40
68	Bloomington, Illinois	$61,470	$29,690	50
69	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$61,380	$41,600	90
70	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$61,240	$32,490	50
71	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$61,200	$39,820	310
72	Billings, Montana	$61,200	$37,830	50
73	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$61,090	$28,600	n/a
74	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$61,080	$36,940	700
75	Tacoma, Washington	$61,020	$42,640	100
76	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$60,830	$35,300	1,060
77	Kansas City, Missouri	$60,750	$19,700	490
78	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$60,670	$40,600	190
79	Salt Lake City, Utah	$60,560	$38,420	540
80	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$60,520	$35,580	1,130
81	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$60,500	$38,900	370
82	Napa, California	$60,330	$44,550	30
83	New Haven, Connecticut	$60,310	$40,950	90
84	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$60,250	$22,270	50
85	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$60,220	$30,230	1,570
86	Richmond, Virginia	$60,050	$36,480	390
87	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$60,020	$41,670	30
88	Wichita, Kansas	$59,900	$34,670	90
89	Springfield, Illinois	$59,890	$31,100	30
90	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$59,890	$40,440	650
91	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$59,880	$38,550	30
92	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$59,830	$35,410	1,540
93	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$59,820	$27,850	750
94	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$59,820	$39,880	200
95	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$59,780	$31,710	40
96	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$59,560	$36,290	150
97	Columbus, Ohio	$59,370	$27,320	420
98	Syracuse, New York	$59,290	$32,050	80
99	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$59,180	$38,900	50
100	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$59,180	$42,810	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for interior designers.