State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Missouri
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Missouri, $103,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.2%
California vs Missouri
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%
Missouri
Web Designers
- Median
- $103,750
- p25
- $83,120
- p75
- $125,610
- p10
- $58,140
- p90
- $186,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.