How much do Commercial and Industrial Designers make in Elkhart-Goshen, IN?

Percentile spread

For Commercial and Industrial Designers, the published 10th percentile is $48,930 and the 90th percentile is $98,730. The difference is $49,800, which is 63.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $58,390 to the 75th at $97,740, covers $39,350.

The mean annual wage is $78,740, which sits above the median of $78,240. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Elkhart-Goshen, IN median is 6.8% lower than the national median of $83,910 for Commercial and Industrial Designers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,621, which is 3.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.1% lower than the Indiana median of $88,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 90.325, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,240 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Commercial and Industrial Designers at $86,621 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Commercial and Industrial Designers. Elkhart-Goshen, IN ranks 10th of 14 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 48 miles away, with a median of $80,150 and employment of 40. That median is 2.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,511, against $86,621 here.
• Fort Wayne, IN is 53 miles away, with a median of $67,810 and employment of 30. That median is 13.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,251, against $86,621 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 96 miles away, with a median of $79,410 and employment of 340. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,112, against $86,621 here.

Employment share

Commercial and Industrial Designers accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Elkhart-Goshen, IN (190 of 127,730). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (33,490 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.91 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.