The District of Columbia not only pays the top salary for web designers ($66,560), it also has the highest concentration of them. Of the other states with the highest employment levels, New York pays the next highest ($54,920), followed by Minnesota ($45,880) Utah ($40,910), and Vermont ($42,920).
Why does the District of Columbia have so many web designers? It’s probably because the government employs more web designers than any other industry.

This chart displays annual mean salaries for Web Designers in the U.S. The data was collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics OES - May 2008.

Posted web designer jobs in D.C. include:

• Web designer: Provide web-based technical support.
• Web designer with Department of Defense clearance:  Requires bachelor’s degree in web design, multi-media design, computer science, web programming, or related field.
• Web/Graphic designer: Ensures designs adhere to standards.
• Web designer: For daily online magazine on foreign policy.
• Web designer: Develop strategies to drive increased web traffic and explore emerging web technologies.
• Specialized web designer: Participate in initial planning for new web site.
• Senior web designer: Ensure that FAA branding is applied to all web products.
• Web author/designer: Minimum three years web design experience.

Other job titles for web designers include web graphic designer, multimedia web designer, creative director, desktop publisher, and user interface designer. Because of the variety of and crossover between job titles, individuals seeking web design jobs are wise to read job descriptions thoroughly and not depend on the titles for an understanding of the functions of the position.

The bar graph above shows the Web Design salaries for states with the highest employment levels. The data is shown in table format below:

State	Annual Mean Wage
Vermont	42920
District of Columbia	66560
New York	54920
Utah	40910
Minnesota	45880