Web and Digital Interface Designers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,697
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$33,293
27.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,483
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$120,990
Kept after tax
$87,697
Worth in national money
$81,483
State rank
3
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $120,990, which ranks 3 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 16.34% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New York. It ranks 59 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $120,990 the take-home is $87,697. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $81,483 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $129,990, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York ranks 3 of 46 states publishing a median for web and digital interface designers, at $120,990 — about 16.34% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within New York, web and digital interface designers ranks 59 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $87,697 for web and digital interface designers, from $120,990. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $81,483. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $129,990 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Web and Digital Interface Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,960 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $120,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $204,510 |
| This salary | $120,990 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New York | $87,697 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $93,946 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,195 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $112,106 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,989 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of web and digital interface designers in New York earn under $120,990 and half over. The published range runs $63,960 at the tenth percentile to $204,510 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $87,697, worked from $120,990. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 59 of 493.
- Two cautions on $81,483, the adjusted value of that $120,990 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 59 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for web and digital interface designers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,960 to $204,510; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The New York take-home of $87,697, on $120,990 for work ranking 59 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 59 of 493 in the state.
- This $81,483 adjusted figure, worked from $120,990, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 59 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 59 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $129,990 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $63,960, the highest tenth $204,510, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New York run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $81,483 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $87,697 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New York is $129,990. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($63,960) and the ninetieth ($204,510) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $81,483 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $87,697 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.