State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: Illinois vs Washington
Web Designers in Washington earn a median of $130,440. In Illinois, $84,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
-35%
Illinois vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Web Designers
- Median
- $84,820
- p25
- $71,990
- p75
- $117,100
- p10
- $70,650
- p90
- $128,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +114%
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.