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Alabama · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in Alabama

The median web designer wage in Alabama is $24.93 an hour, 50% below the US median. A freelancer there should charge about $30–$50 an hour — $550–$900 for a five-page site.

Pages

5
What the site needs

What to charge

$550–$900

About 18 hours at $30–$50 an hour, the freelance rate in Alabama. Plus $35–$70 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in Alabama

Web designer pay in Alabama

Median web designer wage
$24.93/hr
$51,900 a year
Freelance rate
$30–$50
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
46th
of 49 with published data
AlabamaMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers——930
Web and digital interface designers$24.93$35.19130

A dash is a figure BLS did not publish for Alabama.

What to charge for a website in Alabama

At $30–$50 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a Alabama employee would.

SitePriceMonthly
One-page site$500–$750$35–$70
Five-page business site$550–$900$35–$70
Five pages with online booking$650–$1,100$35–$70
Eight pages, copy written for them$1,150–$1,950$35–$70
Small online shop$950–$1,550$35–$70

Prices for a particular business — a restaurant, a dentist, a plumber — are in website cost by business.

States with similar rates

Web design rates in Alabama's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 6 metro areas in Alabama:

  • Birmingham — $32.04 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Huntsville — $39.84 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Montgomery — $32.16 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Tuscaloosa — $32.36 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Mobile — $35.22 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Daphne — $26.94 an hour (median web developer wage)

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Questions

How much do web designers make in Alabama?+

The median web designer wage in Alabama is $24.93 an hour, about $51,900 a year (BLS, May 2025).

How much do freelance web designers charge in Alabama?+

About $30–$50 an hour: 1.25 to 2 times the employee wage, which covers self-employment tax, insurance, software and the hours nobody pays for.

How much does a website cost in Alabama?+

A five-page small-business website built by a Alabama freelancer costs about $550–$900, plus $35–$70 a month for hosting and updates.

How many web developers work in Alabama?+

BLS counts 930 employed web developers and 130 web and digital interface designers in Alabama. Freelancers are not included.

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Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates, for web developers (15-1254) and web and digital interface designers (15-1255). Those are employees' wages; freelance rates and prices here are estimates built from them, not BLS figures.