State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Iowa
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Iowa, $64,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.7% — not 86.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+86.2%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+47.7%
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%
Iowa
Web Designers
- Median
- $64,210
- p25
- $57,720
- p75
- $89,920
- p10
- $48,230
- p90
- $106,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.