State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Maryland
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Maryland, $112,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 6.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.1%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+0.6%
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%
Maryland
Web Designers
- Median
- $112,690
- p25
- $84,550
- p75
- $129,840
- p10
- $61,690
- p90
- $155,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +1200%
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.