State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Texas
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Texas, $85,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 39.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.4%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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%
Texas
Web Designers
- Median
- $85,800
- p25
- $61,960
- p75
- $118,980
- p10
- $50,060
- p90
- $158,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -15%
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.