State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs North Carolina
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In North Carolina, $96,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.8%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
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%
North Carolina
Web Designers
- Median
- $96,610
- p25
- $72,890
- p75
- $122,540
- p10
- $54,450
- p90
- $140,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- 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.