State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs South Carolina
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In South Carolina, $78,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 52.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.9%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+29.4%
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%
South Carolina
Web Designers
- Median
- $78,190
- p25
- $61,760
- p75
- $102,100
- p10
- $52,850
- p90
- $125,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.