Web and Digital Interface Designers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,909
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$25,251
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,932
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — 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
$104,160
Kept after tax
$78,909
Worth in national money
$80,932
State rank
8
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pennsylvania is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $104,160, which ranks 8 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 0.15% above the national middle.
- Within Pennsylvania this is well-paid work. Of 492 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 44 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $104,160, take-home of $78,909 is worth roughly $80,932 in national money. The average lands at $102,150, below the middle of the range.
- Pennsylvania ranks 8 of 46 states publishing a median for web and digital interface designers, at $104,160 — about 0.15% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Pennsylvania publishes a median for, web and digital interface designers sits 44 of 492 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for web and digital interface designers, whose median is $104,160, the adjusted figure of $80,932 differs little from $78,909 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $102,150 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Web and Digital Interface Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $155,200 |
| This salary | $104,160 |
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 Pennsylvania | $78,909 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,107 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,561 |
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 | $99,615 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,919 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,160 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $54,450 and the ninetieth is $155,200 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Pennsylvania the take-home figure of $78,909, from $104,160, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 44 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,932 uses one figure for the whole of Pennsylvania. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 44.
- The Pennsylvania median of $104,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $54,450 to $155,200. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Pennsylvania is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,909 from $104,160. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 44 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,932, worked from $104,160, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Pennsylvania address, on work sitting at 44 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $54,450 and the top tenth $155,200 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Pennsylvania sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $80,932 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 Pennsylvania's own levy, $78,909 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($54,450) and the ninetieth ($155,200) 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.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $80,932 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $78,909 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania 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.