State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Colorado
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Colorado, $85,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.1%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+29.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Web Designers
- Median
- $85,950
- p25
- $63,520
- p75
- $106,320
- p10
- $48,280
- p90
- $122,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.