Web designer pay in California
Median web developer wage
$57.48/hr
$119,600 a year
Freelance rate
$70–$115
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
3rd
of 49 with published data
| California | Median hourly | Average hourly | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web developers | $57.48 | $59.08 | 7,320 |
| Web and digital interface designers | $65.44 | $70.29 | 27,090 |
A dash is a figure BLS did not publish for California.
What to charge for a website in California
At $70–$115 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a California employee would.
| Site | Price | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| One-page site | $500–$800 | $55–$135 |
| Five-page business site | $1,250–$2,050 | $55–$135 |
| Five pages with online booking | $1,550–$2,550 | $55–$135 |
| Eight pages, copy written for them | $2,750–$4,500 | $55–$135 |
| Small online shop | $2,150–$3,550 | $55–$135 |
Prices for a particular business — a restaurant, a dentist, a plumber — are in website cost by business.
States with similar rates
- Washington — $62.71 an hour
- Virginia — $61.72 an hour
- District of Columbia — $55.14 an hour
- Maryland — $54.18 an hour
Web design rates in California's metro areas
BLS publishes figures for 14 metro areas in California:
- Los Angeles — $51.58 an hour (median web developer wage)
- San Francisco — $73.29 an hour (median web developer wage)
- San Jose — $80.13 an hour (median web developer wage)
- San Diego — $47.26 an hour (median web developer wage)
- Riverside — $34.81 an hour (median web developer wage)
- Sacramento — $47.38 an hour (median web developer wage)
- Santa Maria — $49.73 an hour (median web designer wage)
- Fresno — $37.31 an hour (median web developer wage)
- San Luis Obispo — $20.45 an hour (median web developer wage)
- Santa Cruz — $39.11 an hour (median web developer wage)
- Bakersfield — $42.42 an hour (median web developer wage)
- Santa Rosa — $49.78 an hour (median web developer wage)
- Vallejo — $51.05 an hour (median web developer wage)
- Stockton — $24.18 an hour (median web developer wage)
Find clients in California
Search any town in California for local businesses with no website with the free finder, or start with these, counted trade by trade:
- Businesses without websites in Los Angeles
- Businesses without websites in San Diego
- Businesses without websites in San Jose
- Businesses without websites in San Francisco
Web design rates in other states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming