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Iowa · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in Iowa

The median web developer wage in Iowa is $30.87 an hour, 31% below the US median. A freelancer there should charge about $40–$60 an hour — $700–$1,100 for a five-page site.

Pages

5
What the site needs

What to charge

$700–$1,100

About 18 hours at $40–$60 an hour, the freelance rate in Iowa. Plus $40–$80 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in Iowa

Web designer pay in Iowa

Median web developer wage
$30.87/hr
$64,200 a year
Freelance rate
$40–$60
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
44th
of 49 with published data
IowaMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$30.87$35.82420
Web and digital interface designers$33.20$34.66670

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

What to charge for a website in Iowa

At $40–$60 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a Iowa employee would.

SitePriceMonthly
One-page site$500–$750$40–$80
Five-page business site$700–$1,100$40–$80
Five pages with online booking$900–$1,300$40–$80
Eight pages, copy written for them$1,550–$2,350$40–$80
Small online shop$1,250–$1,850$40–$80

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 Iowa's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 5 metro areas in Iowa:

  • Des Moines — $29.79 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Cedar Rapids — $29.18 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Davenport — $30.06 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Dubuque — $32.65 an hour (median web designer wage)
  • Waterloo — $37.57 an hour (median web developer wage)

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Questions

How much do web designers make in Iowa?+

The median web developer wage in Iowa is $30.87 an hour, about $64,200 a year (BLS, May 2025). Web and digital interface designers earn a median $33.20 an hour.

How much do freelance web designers charge in Iowa?+

About $40–$60 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 Iowa?+

A five-page small-business website built by a Iowa freelancer costs about $700–$1,100, plus $40–$80 a month for hosting and updates.

How many web developers work in Iowa?+

BLS counts 420 employed web developers and 670 web and digital interface designers in Iowa. 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.