State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Web Designers in California earn a median of $119,570. In Wisconsin, $90,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+12.1%
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%
Wisconsin
Web Designers
- Median
- $90,630
- p25
- $66,510
- p75
- $119,860
- p10
- $51,480
- p90
- $125,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.