State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Louisiana
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Louisiana, $85,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.1%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+11.6%
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%
Louisiana
Web Designers
- Median
- $85,330
- p25
- $66,340
- p75
- $89,350
- p10
- $49,930
- p90
- $106,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.