Commercial and Industrial Designers Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $81K, rent takes 22.1% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,136/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new commercial and industrial designers typically earn — is $55K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,281/month. At HUD’s $1,136/month FMR, rent would take 35% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $81K locally vs. $84K nationally, a 4% difference.

Idaho pays $81K median vs. the U.S. average of $84K — that’s -4%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 93.88), the purchasing-power equivalent is $86K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $80,730 a year, that works out to about $39 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $54,680, and experienced commercial and industrial designers can clear $125,420. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,130/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,136/month, which eats 22.1% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Idaho has a Regional Price Parity of 93.88 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median commercial and industrial designers salary is worth about $85,993 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.