State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs New York
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In New York, $98,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.3%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+18.2%
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 York
Web Designers
- Median
- $98,580
- p25
- $56,320
- p75
- $132,820
- p10
- $32,510
- p90
- $185,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.