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State comparison · 2025

Web and Digital Interface Designers salary: California vs South Dakota

Occupation

Web and Digital Interface Designers in California earn a median of $136,110. In South Dakota, $94,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 43.8%.

Nominal pay gap
+43.8%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
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%
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South Dakota

Web and Digital Interface Designers

Median
$94,630
p25
$67,760
p75
$128,850
p10
$61,880
p90
$187,440
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
88.6
See full breakdown for South Dakota

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.