State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Kentucky
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Kentucky, $82,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 44.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.7%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
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%
Kentucky
Web Designers
- Median
- $82,630
- p25
- $66,320
- p75
- $103,870
- p10
- $52,930
- p90
- $130,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- 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.