State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs West Virginia
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In West Virginia, $78,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.6% — not 52.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.8%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+23.6%
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%
West Virginia
Web Designers
- Median
- $78,240
- p25
- $63,060
- p75
- $79,280
- p10
- $48,370
- p90
- $103,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.