State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Massachusetts, $98,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+16.1%
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%
Massachusetts
Web Designers
- Median
- $98,470
- p25
- $80,520
- p75
- $135,110
- p10
- $54,510
- p90
- $169,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -11%
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.