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Set and Exhibit Designers Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of set and exhibit designers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of set and exhibit designers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Set and Exhibit Designers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$39,120
25th Percentile Wage	$40,230
50th Percentile Wage	$68,250
75th Percentile Wage	$113,680
90th Percentile Wage	$136,930

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for set and exhibit designers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $136,930. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,120.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of set and exhibit designers from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$68,250	-15.75%	-4.01%
2021	$79,000	-8.77%	-
2020	$85,930	3.39%	-
2019	$83,020	18.90%	-
2018	$67,330	-3.92%	-
2017	$69,970	13.48%	-
2016	$60,540	-3.87%	-
2015	$62,880	-16.75%	-
2013	$73,410	3.30%	-
2012	$70,990	-	-

Table 2. Compare Set and Exhibit Designers Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $68,250 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for set and exhibit designers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of set and exhibit designers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 9.3 percent (9.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 31.5 percent (31.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Buffalo-Niagara Falls.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$75,250
Nassau-Suffolk	$68,270
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$68,250
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$46,750