Commercial and Industrial Designers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $85K, rent takes 22.2% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,180/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new commercial and industrial designers typically earn — is $62K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,736/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $85K locally vs. $84K nationally, a 1% difference.

Central East New York nonmetropolitan area pays $85K median vs. the U.S. average of $84K — that’s +1%.

The median is $84,660 a year, that works out to about $41 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $62,260, and experienced commercial and industrial designers can clear $134,340. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,324/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,180/month, which eats 22.2% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Central East New York nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median commercial and industrial designers salary is worth about $84,660 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.