New York vs. Seattle
Web and Digital Interface Designers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
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Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Seattle's median is 12.2% higher — but after local prices, Seattle still leads by 13.7%.
New York's median $119,190 buys $105,900 at national prices (price parity 112.6); Seattle's $133,760 buys $120,400 (111.1).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Seattle against New York.
| New York | Seattle | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 14,990 | 10,330 | −31.1% |
| 10th percentile | $64,360 | $60,580 | −5.9% |
| 25th percentile | $96,100 | $75,570 | −21.4% |
| Median | $119,190 | $133,760 | +12.2% |
| 75th percentile | $167,660 | $173,020 | +3.2% |
| 90th percentile | $204,510 | $217,800 | +6.5% |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Full pages
- Web and Digital Interface Designers in New York · Web and Digital Interface Designers in Seattle
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