State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Washington
Web Designers in Washington earn a median of $130,440. In California, $119,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 8.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.3%
California vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.4%
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%
Washington
Web Designers
- Median
- $130,440
- p25
- $98,830
- p75
- $131,030
- p10
- $70,520
- p90
- $172,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.