State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs New Mexico
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In New Mexico, $68,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.2% — not 75.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+75.5%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+46.2%
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 Mexico
Web Designers
- Median
- $68,120
- p25
- $54,930
- p75
- $86,880
- p10
- $43,300
- p90
- $107,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.