State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Indiana
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Indiana, $80,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.6% — not 47.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.9%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+24.6%
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%
Indiana
Web Designers
- Median
- $80,870
- p25
- $62,310
- p75
- $100,140
- p10
- $47,150
- p90
- $132,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.