State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: Arizona vs California
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Arizona, $76,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.9% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.2%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-29.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Web Designers
- Median
- $76,230
- p25
- $59,180
- p75
- $105,010
- p10
- $46,150
- p90
- $150,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
California
Web Designers
- Median
- $119,570
- p25
- $80,620
- p75
- $159,040
- p10
- $44,990
- p90
- $202,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -74%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.