State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Minnesota
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Minnesota, $101,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
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%
Minnesota
Web Designers
- Median
- $101,020
- p25
- $72,510
- p75
- $128,470
- p10
- $53,620
- p90
- $158,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.