State comparison · 2025
Web Designers salary: Iowa vs Virginia
Web Designers in Virginia earn a median of $128,380. In Iowa, $64,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.4% — not 50%.
Nominal pay gap
-50%
Iowa vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-42.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Web Designers
- Median
- $64,210
- p25
- $57,720
- p75
- $89,920
- p10
- $48,230
- p90
- $106,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.