State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Kansas
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Kansas, $73,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 62.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.5%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+32.2%
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%
Kansas
Web Designers
- Median
- $73,590
- p25
- $59,600
- p75
- $96,980
- p10
- $48,750
- p90
- $133,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.