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Indiana · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in Indiana

The median web developer wage in Indiana is $38.88 an hour, 13% 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 Indiana. Plus $45–$100 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in Indiana

Web designer pay in Indiana

Median web developer wage
$38.88/hr
$80,900 a year
Freelance rate
$50–$80
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
27th
of 49 with published data
IndianaMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$38.88$40.61860
Web and digital interface designers$30.49$36.741,160

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

What to charge for a website in Indiana

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 Indiana 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 Indiana's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 5 metro areas in Indiana:

  • Indianapolis — $39.82 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Fort Wayne — $34.70 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • South Bend — $33.22 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Evansville — $47.94 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Lafayette — $32.77 an hour (median web designer wage)

Find clients in Indiana

Search any town in Indiana 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 Indiana?+

The median web developer wage in Indiana is $38.88 an hour, about $80,900 a year (BLS, May 2025). Web and digital interface designers earn a median $30.49 an hour.

How much do freelance web designers charge in Indiana?+

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 Indiana?+

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

How many web developers work in Indiana?+

BLS counts 860 employed web developers and 1,160 web and digital interface designers in Indiana. 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.