State comparison · 2025
Web and Digital Interface Designers salary: California vs South Dakota
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%
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
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.