State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Idaho
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Idaho, $79,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.1% — not 50.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.8%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+30.1%
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%
Idaho
Web Designers
- Median
- $79,290
- p25
- $61,240
- p75
- $97,010
- p10
- $49,340
- p90
- $113,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.