State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Illinois
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Illinois, $84,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.3% — not 41%.
Nominal pay gap
+41%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+27.3%
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%
Illinois
Web Designers
- Median
- $84,820
- p25
- $71,990
- p75
- $117,100
- p10
- $70,650
- p90
- $128,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +114%
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.