Web Developer Salary 2026: vs SWE, Front/Back/Full, by State

TL;DR — Web Developer Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 15-1254 n = $78,860 workers

P50 $90,930

$48,560P10 P25 $63,140 P75 $124,300 P90$162,870

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all Web Developers in the federal sample earn between $63,140 and $124,300 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	MO	Missouri	$110,807▲10%	$100,950	91.1	2K
02	VA	Virginia	$109,374▼1%	$110,830	101.3	4K
03	DC	District of Columbia	$109,292▼10%	$121,000	110.7	1K
04	MD	Maryland	$106,834▼4%	$111,750	104.6	2K
05	CA	California	$104,621▼11%	$117,380	112.2	11K
06	IL	Illinois	$104,605▲1%	$103,300	98.8	3K
07	MI	Michigan	$103,599▲6%	$97,690	94.3	2K
08	WA	Washington	$103,359▼8%	$112,010	108.4	4K
· · · · · 36 states omitted · · · · ·
45	MS	Mississippi	$67,126▲15%	$58,260	86.8	0K
46	NM	New Mexico	$65,959▲10%	$60,010	91	—
47	NY	New York	$62,499▼7%	$67,400	107.8	6K
48	SD	South Dakota	$57,199▲13%	$50,420	88.1	0K
49	AR	Arkansas	$50,144▲15%	$43,530	86.8	0K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · WEB DEVELOPER · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK 99K

ME —

VT 85K NH 89K WA 103K ID 91K MT 72K ND 81K MN 102K WI 73K MI 104K NY 62K MA 100K RI 93K OR 76K NV 81K

WY —

SD 57K IA 76K IL 105K IN 80K OH 101K PA 92K NJ 81K CT 72K CA 105K UT 84K CO 100K NE 82K MO 111K KY 90K WV 77K VA 109K MD 107K DE 74K DC 109K AZ 86K NM 66K KS 79K AR 50K TN 81K NC 100K SC 89K HI 85K TX 96K OK 87K LA 84K MS 67K AL 71K GA 78K FL 79K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $99K+

60–80% $87K

40–60% $74K

20–40% $62K

Bottom 20% $50K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Web Developer Salary 2026 — vs Software Engineer, Front/Back/Full-Stack, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.