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Highest-paying Cities for Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers

The top 100 highest paying cities for web developers and digital interface designers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of web developers and digital interface designers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $144,760, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for web developers and digital interface designers. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $114,000). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of web developers and digital interface designers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers

Rank City/Area Average Salary i # of
Empl. i
1 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
$144,760
15,100
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California
$114,000
5,990
3 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
$111,180
3,110
4 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California
$109,340
110
5 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington
$100,530
50
6 Visalia-Porterville, California
$97,580
30
7 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
$92,860
3,110
8 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts
$89,850
4,570
9 Columbus, Georgia
$88,460
120
10 Warner Robins, Georgia
$87,930
n/a
11 Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina
$86,420
70
12 Bloomington, Illinois
$86,080
70
13 Olympia, Washington
$85,150
180
14 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia
$85,010
6,450
15 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York
$84,600
13,380
16 Boulder, Colorado
$84,490
670
17 Napa, California
$83,710
40
18 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington
$83,530
2,120
19 Portsmouth, New Hampshire
$82,810
120
20 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California
$82,160
150
21 New Haven, Connecticut
$81,790
300
22 Baltimore-Towson, Maryland
$81,730
2,250
23 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California
$81,560
240
24 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina
$81,390
2,000
25 Dayton, Ohio
$81,280
740
26 Columbia, South Carolina
$80,170
480
27 Punta Gorda, Florida
$80,150
30
28 Bakersfield-Delano, California
$80,150
60
29 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
$79,930
390
30 Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin
$79,530
2,380
31 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
$79,100
7,760
32 Richmond, Virginia
$79,000
770
33 Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina
$77,830
560
34 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
$77,420
130
35 Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois
$77,300
4,830
36 Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California
$76,770
540
37 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania
$76,640
2,990
38 Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan
$76,510
120
39 Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey
$76,510
290
40 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa
$76,450
30
41 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
$76,010
3,960
42 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island
$75,870
510
43 Bellingham, Washington
$75,650
60
44 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California
$75,600
1,710
45 Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington
$75,200
30
46 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia
$75,160
40
47 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas
$75,100
2,080
48 Columbus, Ohio
$74,970
1,330
49 Lynchburg, Virginia
$74,930
50
50 Huntsville, Alabama
$74,830
180
51 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida
$74,810
1,390
52 Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
$74,490
30
53 Winchester, West Virginia
$74,420
50
54 Colorado Springs, Colorado
$74,390
480
55 Salt Lake City, Utah
$74,220
1,330
56 Savannah, Georgia
$74,140
30
57 Medford, Oregon
$73,840
70
58 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio
$73,400
80
59 San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas
$73,350
880
60 Kansas City, Missouri
$73,310
1,740
61 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
$73,190
1,000
62 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California
$72,510
100
63 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina
$72,460
330
64 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan
$72,450
970
65 Grand Forks, North Dakota
$72,340
40
66 Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado
$71,850
2,330
67 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont
$71,570
50
68 Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina
$71,470
900
69 Ann Arbor, Michigan
$71,400
270
70 Urban Honolulu, Hawaii
$71,190
210
71 Vallejo-Fairfield, California
$70,930
60
72 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California
$70,920
30
73 Greeley, Colorado
$70,660
30
74 California-Lexington Park, Maryland
$70,640
60
75 Salem, Oregon
$70,550
90
76 Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire
$70,280
60
77 Provo-Orem, Utah
$69,750
790
78 Springfield, Illinois
$69,710
70
79 Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky
$69,660
150
80 Charlottesville, Virginia
$69,640
130
81 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
$69,420
2,600
82 St Joseph, Missouri
$69,290
n/a
83 Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey
$69,220
60
84 Jacksonville, Florida
$68,980
730
85 Janesville, Wisconsin
$68,960
80
86 Worcester, Massachusetts
$68,700
280
87 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania
$68,530
80
88 Springfield, Massachusetts
$68,460
290
89 Spartanburg, South Carolina
$68,340
40
90 Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona
$68,030
2,510
91 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
$67,860
1,720
92 Williamsport, Pennsylvania
$67,860
n/a
93 Western Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina
$67,850
50
94 Salinas, California
$67,340
60
95 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California
$67,300
200
96 Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada
$66,730
600
97 Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado
$66,680
560
98 Madison, Wisconsin
$66,630
1,920
99 Norwich-New London, Rhode Island
$66,170
60
100 Anchorage, Alaska
$66,100
30