State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs South Dakota
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In South Dakota, $51,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 87.3% — not 134%.
Nominal pay gap
+134%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+87.3%
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 Dakota
Web Designers
- Median
- $51,100
- p25
- $47,540
- p75
- $59,280
- p10
- $40,120
- p90
- $70,410
- 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.