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State comparison · 2025

Web and Digital Interface Designers salary: California vs Iowa

Occupation

Web and Digital Interface Designers in California earn a median of $136,110. In Iowa, $69,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.3% — not 97.1%.

Nominal pay gap
+97.1%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+56.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

California

Web and Digital Interface Designers

Median
$136,110
p25
$91,600
p75
$191,960
p10
$68,090
p90
$219,750
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
110.7
Hiring velocity (180d)
-36%
See full breakdown for California

Iowa

Web and Digital Interface Designers

Median
$69,060
p25
$48,330
p75
$84,220
p10
$42,140
p90
$108,160
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
87.8
Hiring velocity (180d)
-67%
See full breakdown for Iowa

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.