State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Pennsylvania, $86,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.4%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+22%
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%
Pennsylvania
Web Designers
- Median
- $86,380
- p25
- $61,520
- p75
- $104,700
- p10
- $39,780
- p90
- $134,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.