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Illinois · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in Illinois

The median web developer wage in Illinois is $40.78 an hour, 8% below the US median. A freelancer there should charge about $50–$80 an hour — $900–$1,450 for a five-page site.

Pages

5
What the site needs

What to charge

$900–$1,450

About 18 hours at $50–$80 an hour, the freelance rate in Illinois. Plus $45–$100 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in Illinois

Web designer pay in Illinois

Median web developer wage
$40.78/hr
$84,800 a year
Freelance rate
$50–$80
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
22nd
of 49 with published data
IllinoisMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$40.78$45.894,310
Web and digital interface designers$41.21$47.582,050

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

What to charge for a website in Illinois

At $50–$80 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a Illinois employee would.

SitePriceMonthly
One-page site$500–$750$45–$100
Five-page business site$900–$1,450$45–$100
Five pages with online booking$1,100–$1,750$45–$100
Eight pages, copy written for them$1,950–$3,100$45–$100
Small online shop$1,550–$2,500$45–$100

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 Illinois's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 3 metro areas in Illinois:

  • Chicago — $46.57 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Champaign — $41.29 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Peoria — $42.28 an hour (median web designer wage)

Find clients in Illinois

Search any town in Illinois for local businesses with no website with the free finder, or start with these, counted trade by trade:

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Questions

How much do web designers make in Illinois?+

The median web developer wage in Illinois is $40.78 an hour, about $84,800 a year (BLS, May 2025). Web and digital interface designers earn a median $41.21 an hour.

How much do freelance web designers charge in Illinois?+

About $50–$80 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 Illinois?+

A five-page small-business website built by a Illinois freelancer costs about $900–$1,450, plus $45–$100 a month for hosting and updates.

How many web developers work in Illinois?+

BLS counts 4,310 employed web developers and 2,050 web and digital interface designers in Illinois. 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.