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Interior Designers Salary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of interior designers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage data of interior designers in Philadelphia 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 Interior Designers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$39,730
25th Percentile Wage
$46,900
50th Percentile Wage
$56,820
75th Percentile Wage
$72,420
90th Percentile Wage
$93,240

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for interior designers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $93,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,820. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,730.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of interior designers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$56,820
1.55% 14.52%
2016
$55,940
11.44% -
2015
$49,540
-5.03% -
2014
$52,030
7.21% -
2013
$48,280
-0.60% -
2012
$48,570
- -

Table 2. Compare Interior Designers Salary in Philadelphia with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $56,820 in Philadelphia is in the middle of salary range for interior designers in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of interior designers in Philadelphia is 24.2 percent (24.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Reading and 47.9 percent (47.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Reading
$74,970
Newark-Union
$67,760
Harrisburg-Carlisle
$67,310
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$64,540
Pittsburgh
$63,450
Altoona
$62,310
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
$59,560
York-Hanover
$58,080
Philadelphia
$56,820
Lancaster
$56,720
Erie
$56,360
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
$56,350
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman
$50,050
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$49,510
East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$30,600
Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
$29,610