State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Montana
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Montana, $62,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 64.6% — not 92.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+92.7%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+64.6%
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%
Montana
Web Designers
- Median
- $62,060
- p25
- $62,060
- p75
- $68,650
- p10
- $60,620
- p90
- $68,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.