Sorry, I didn't realize that you were talking about WEB designers/coders, your post title made me beleive that it was just "real" programmers versus real designers.

If it's about web design, coders can make a ton of more money than the designers, especially if they know how to do some heavy database integration.

"Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and is widely regarded as the most important innovator in scientific and technical computing today." - Stephen Wolfram