State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Vermont
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Vermont, $84,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+41.4%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+25.2%
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%
Vermont
Web Designers
- Median
- $84,550
- p25
- $79,120
- p75
- $110,130
- p10
- $66,570
- p90
- $134,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.