State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Virginia
Web Designers in Virginia earn a median of $128,380. In California, $119,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 6.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.9%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-14.9%
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%
Virginia
Web Designers
- Median
- $128,380
- p25
- $99,990
- p75
- $161,190
- p10
- $76,640
- p90
- $178,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -79%
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.