State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Michigan
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Michigan, $98,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+5.5%
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%
Michigan
Web Designers
- Median
- $98,470
- p25
- $62,830
- p75
- $117,880
- p10
- $49,930
- p90
- $149,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.