State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs District of Columbia
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In District of Columbia, $114,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.5% — not 4.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.3%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+3.5%
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%
District of Columbia
Web Designers
- Median
- $114,690
- p25
- $91,840
- p75
- $137,650
- p10
- $76,160
- p90
- $172,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.