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Interior Designers · SOC 27-1025

Interior Designers Salary in the Rochester Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Rochester, NY metro area

Figures describe the Rochester, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Rochester city limits.

Median annual wage$58,130
Median hourly wage$27.95

Interior Designers in the Rochester, NY metro area earned a median of $58,130 per year ($27.95 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,490 at the 10th percentile to $103,540 at the 90th. BLS estimates 170 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Interior Designers in the Rochester metro area earn more than $58,130 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $45,940 and $76,670.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$36,490$45,940$58,130$76,670$103,540
Hourly$17.54$22.09$27.95$36.86$49.78

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Rochester metro areathis metro area
    $58,130
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $75,580
  • United Statesnational
    $67,190

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −23% vs New York overall and −13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$32,150$50,587$69,023$87,460San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $32,150Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $45,070Waco, TX — $46,530McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $46,850Wilmington, NC — $47,750Columbus, GA-AL — $47,780Flint, MI — $48,510Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $48,550Tyler, TX — $48,960Cedar Rapids, IA — $50,300Utica-Rome, NY — $50,770Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $50,860Eau Claire, WI — $51,810Springfield, MO — $52,090Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $52,410Syracuse, NY — $54,470Albuquerque, NM — $54,530Lubbock, TX — $54,610Youngstown-Warren, OH — $54,760Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $55,070Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $55,380Bismarck, ND — $55,540Appleton, WI — $55,780Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $56,420Ocala, FL — $56,480Tallahassee, FL — $56,870Greenville, NC — $56,990Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $57,320El Paso, TX — $57,650Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,730Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $57,840Lafayette, LA — $57,900Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $58,090Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $58,100Tucson, AZ — $58,110Rochester, NY — $58,130Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $58,160Mobile, AL — $58,260North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $58,270Ann Arbor, MI — $58,600Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $58,600Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $58,730Richmond, VA — $58,790Port St. Lucie, FL — $58,860Iowa City, IA — $58,890Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $58,910St. George, UT — $59,130Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $59,170Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,210Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,280Charlottesville, VA — $59,290York-Hanover, PA — $59,370Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $59,450Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,470Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $59,610Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $59,820Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $59,920Toledo, OH — $59,990Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $60,020Asheville, NC — $60,160Lexington-Fayette, KY — $60,200Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $60,250Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $60,270Pittsburgh, PA — $60,380Bloomington, IL — $60,420Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $60,440Fargo, ND-MN — $60,450Ogden, UT — $60,520Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $60,690Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $60,760Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $60,770New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,810Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,860Baton Rouge, LA — $60,980Billings, MT — $61,010Montgomery, AL — $61,060Fort Wayne, IN — $61,110Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $61,220Lancaster, PA — $61,240Savannah, GA — $61,290Greensboro-High Point, NC — $61,300Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $61,310Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,430San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $61,510St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,570Jacksonville, FL — $61,650Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $61,670Bozeman, MT — $61,710Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $61,720Roanoke, VA — $61,730Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $61,740Knoxville, TN — $61,770Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,810Winston-Salem, NC — $61,830Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $61,850La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $61,890Birmingham, AL — $62,000Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $62,050Columbus, OH — $62,180Worcester, MA — $62,180Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $62,200Green Bay, WI — $62,320Urban Honolulu, HI — $62,330Boise City, ID — $62,360Cleveland, OH — $62,380New Haven, CT — $62,460Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $62,510Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $62,700Columbia, SC — $62,720Chattanooga, TN-GA — $62,790Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $63,080South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $63,090Athens-Clarke County, GA — $63,520Wichita, KS — $64,220Bend, OR — $64,260Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $64,370Spartanburg, SC — $64,380Champaign-Urbana, IL — $64,440Raleigh-Cary, NC — $64,480Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $64,550Salem, OR — $64,750Madison, WI — $64,780Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $64,800Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $65,140Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $65,160Kansas City, MO-KS — $65,160Stockton-Lodi, CA — $65,520Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $65,950Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $66,150Portland-South Portland, ME — $66,260Colorado Springs, CO — $66,440Bellingham, WA — $66,810Omaha, NE-IA — $67,120Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $67,230Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $67,310Salisbury, MD — $67,580Barnstable Town, MA — $67,660Manchester-Nashua, NH — $67,740Columbia, MO — $67,780Greeley, CO — $68,080Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $68,200Oklahoma City, OK — $68,520Lincoln, NE — $68,640Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $69,150Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $69,770Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $70,510Salinas, CA — $70,630Springfield, MA — $70,910Gainesville, FL — $70,930Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $71,060Tulsa, OK — $71,670Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $72,400Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $72,490Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $72,490Santa Fe, NM — $72,800Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $73,700Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $73,810Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $74,680Akron, OH — $74,720Naples-Marco Island, FL — $75,210Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $75,290Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $76,090Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $76,570New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $76,580Fresno, CA — $76,770Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $76,780Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $76,800Burlington, NC — $77,590Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $77,690Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $77,970San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $78,000Huntsville, AL — $78,250Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $78,390Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $78,810Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $78,960Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $79,590Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $79,720Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $80,000Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $80,150San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $80,640Boulder, CO — $80,850Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $81,480San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $85,140San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $87,460

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Rochester metro area has the 149th-highest published median for this occupation among the 184 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for interior designers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Rochester metro areathis page
    $58,130
  • New York metro area
    $76,580
  • Kiryas Joel metro area
    $57,320
  • Buffalo metro area
    $56,420
  • Albany metro area
    $55,380
  • Syracuse metro area
    $54,470
  • Utica metro area
    $50,770

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Coaches and Scouts$50,850Public Relations Specialists$71,740Graphic Designers$63,530Interpreters and Translators$77,770Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$40,700Producers and Directors$83,030

Highest-paying metro areas for interior designerss · Highest-paying occupations in Rochester Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.