SOC 27-1027 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Set and Exhibit Designers make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Set and Exhibit Designers in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is $59,440. The 10th percentile is $52,190 and the 90th percentile is $105,570. Employment is 30.

Median annual wage

$59,440

10th percentile
$52,190
25th percentile
$52,190
Median
$59,440
75th percentile
$89,730
90th percentile
$105,570
Mean
$71,330

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Set and Exhibit Designers, the published 10th percentile is $52,190 and the 90th percentile is $105,570. The difference is $53,380, which is 89.8% 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 $52,190 to the 75th at $89,730, covers $37,540.

The mean annual wage is $71,330, which sits above the median of $59,440. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA median is 21% lower than the national median of $75,240 for Set and Exhibit Designers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,843, which is 25.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 43.4% lower than the California median of $105,030.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,440 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Set and Exhibit Designers at $55,843 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Set and Exhibit Designers. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 3rd of 4 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).).

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 111 miles away, with a median of $76,900 and employment of 90. That median is 29.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,730, against $55,843 here.
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $106,880 and employment of 1,870. That median is 79.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $94,113, against $55,843 here.
  • Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV is 132 miles away, with a median of $50,860 and employment of 180. That median is 14.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,751, against $55,843 here.

Employment share

Set and Exhibit Designers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (30 of 1,716,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (10,630 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.26 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA · Set and Exhibit Designers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Set and Exhibit Designers make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Set and Exhibit Designers in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is $59,440. The 10th percentile is $52,190 and the 90th percentile is $105,570. Employment is 30.

How does that compare with the national median for Set and Exhibit Designers?

The local median is 21% lower than the national median of $75,240.

What is Set and Exhibit Designers pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $59,440 is $55,843. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA compare with nearby metros for Set and Exhibit Designers?

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 111 miles away, at $76,900. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 3rd of 4 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.