Pay by state · 48 states

Web Designer Salary by State (2026)

Web and Digital Interface Designers earn the most in California at $136,110 a year and the least in Guam at $31,200 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $104,000. All 48 states and territories with reported data are ranked below, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$136,110California
National median
$104,000BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$31,200Guam
States reporting
48of 54 OEWS areas

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Web Designer salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of web and digital interface designers OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1CACalifornia
$136,110
$91,600$191,96027,090$122,932
2WAWashington
$130,480
$75,570$170,40011,580$121,929
3NYNew York
$120,990
$94,620$167,59016,560$112,110
4MAMassachusetts
$113,540
$86,420$157,5102,740$107,359
5NHNew Hampshire
$111,150
$69,990$145,580430$106,706
6DCDistrict of Columbia
$107,650
$85,040$136,480480$97,952
7RIRhode Island
$105,990
$76,350$137,110240$103,627
8PAPennsylvania
$104,160
$74,230$129,2202,820$106,752
9GAGeorgia
$103,810
$81,950$142,1102,800$107,806
10TXTexas
$102,650
$78,480$138,4305,910$105,763
11OROregon
$102,220
$77,110$140,3701,230$98,896
12UTUtah
$99,990
$79,130$131,4301,060$101,139
13AZArizona
$98,070
$76,540$145,620810$97,411
14NCNorth Carolina
$97,990
$63,920$133,8603,400$103,884
15MDMaryland
$96,760
$68,890$130,4701,310$92,188
16COColorado
$95,880
$78,450$132,6203,250$93,040
17WIWisconsin
$95,340
$71,020$103,530880$101,323
18NJNew Jersey
$95,310
$71,160$130,5902,170$87,597
19CTConnecticut
$94,660
$67,250$100,0601,060$91,362
20DEDelaware
$93,880
$66,520$106,190130$94,061
21ILIllinois
$85,710
$67,580$129,8102,050$85,746
22OHOhio
$83,360
$60,490$125,6002,520$89,853
23MNMinnesota
$82,650
$63,100$100,3601,520$83,806
24MIMichigan
$81,010
$58,000$113,1201,750$84,195
25SCSouth Carolina
$80,930
$57,870$101,740800$86,326
26NVNevada
$80,120
$63,990$120,0501,180$80,137
27FLFlorida
$77,730
$60,880$108,8004,620$75,164
28VAVirginia
$77,140
$54,790$102,3701,990$76,298
29MTMontana
$77,030
$63,520$138,520100$81,388
30KYKentucky
$77,000
$67,540$93,460590$85,405
31OKOklahoma
$76,440
$51,140$90,040340$87,019
32WVWest Virginia
$71,880
$52,580$133,360200$80,316
33AKAlaska
$71,300
$60,650$87,41030$69,657
34MOMissouri
$70,970
$52,200$90,9201,210$78,146
35KSKansas
$70,620
$55,380$93,100200$78,407
36IAIowa
$69,060
$48,330$84,220670$78,690
37LALouisiana
$68,790
$50,030$91,090170$77,987
38WYWyoming
$67,020
$51,710$94,420110$72,305
39NENebraska
$65,520
$51,710$83,170720$72,717
40NDNorth Dakota
$64,260
$59,050$80,50040$72,236
41IDIdaho
$64,250
$49,850$98,960340$67,282
42TNTennessee
$63,510
$57,890$63,5103,610$69,130
43INIndiana
$63,430
$58,980$85,1001,160$67,964
44NMNew Mexico
$53,300
$43,040$79,620200$57,802
45ALAlabama
$51,860
$48,730$96,450130$58,386
46PRPuerto Rico
$48,700
$36,680$68,780230N/A
47MSMississippi
$48,550
$48,260$69,780230$55,835
48GUGuam
$31,200
$22,710$39,85030N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For Web and Digital Interface Designers, that changes the ranking: California leads on raw pay at $136,110, while California leads once prices are taken into account at $122,932.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Web Designer pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays Web and Digital Interface Designers the most?

California reports the highest median wage for Web and Digital Interface Designers at $136,110 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Washington ($130,480) and New York ($120,990).

Which state pays Web and Digital Interface Designers the least?

Guam reports the lowest median for Web and Digital Interface Designers at $31,200 a year, $104,910 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025).

Where do Web and Digital Interface Designers earn the most after cost of living?

Dividing each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity puts California first at $122,932 in national-average dollars, from a raw median of $136,110. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

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