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State comparison · 2025

Web and Digital Interface Designers salary: California vs North Carolina

Occupation

Web and Digital Interface Designers in California earn a median of $136,110. In North Carolina, $97,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 38.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+38.9%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+18.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

California

Web and Digital Interface Designers

Median
$136,110
p25
$91,600
p75
$191,960
p10
$68,090
p90
$219,750
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
110.7
Hiring velocity (180d)
-36%
See full breakdown for California

North Carolina

Web and Digital Interface Designers

Median
$97,990
p25
$63,920
p75
$133,860
p10
$44,530
p90
$163,850
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
94.3
Hiring velocity (180d)
-70%
See full breakdown for North Carolina

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.