State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs New Jersey
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In New Jersey, $95,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+23.5%
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%
New Jersey
Web Designers
- Median
- $95,180
- p25
- $55,580
- p75
- $124,560
- p10
- $51,010
- p90
- $151,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -39%
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.