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Minnesota · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in Minnesota

The median web developer wage in Minnesota is $48.57 an hour, 9% above the US median. A freelancer there should charge about $60–$95 an hour — $1,100–$1,700 for a five-page site.

Pages

5
What the site needs

What to charge

$1,100–$1,700

About 18 hours at $60–$95 an hour, the freelance rate in Minnesota. Plus $50–$115 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in Minnesota

Web designer pay in Minnesota

Median web developer wage
$48.57/hr
$101,000 a year
Freelance rate
$60–$95
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
7th
of 49 with published data
MinnesotaMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$48.57$49.761,200
Web and digital interface designers$39.74$42.191,520

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

What to charge for a website in Minnesota

At $60–$95 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a Minnesota employee would.

SitePriceMonthly
One-page site$500–$750$50–$115
Five-page business site$1,100–$1,700$50–$115
Five pages with online booking$1,300–$2,100$50–$115
Eight pages, copy written for them$2,350–$3,700$50–$115
Small online shop$1,850–$2,950$50–$115

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 Minnesota's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 3 metro areas in Minnesota:

  • Minneapolis — $51.39 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Duluth — $32.47 an hour (median web designer wage)
  • St. Cloud — $38.15 an hour (median web designer wage)

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Questions

How much do web designers make in Minnesota?+

The median web developer wage in Minnesota is $48.57 an hour, about $101,000 a year (BLS, May 2025). Web and digital interface designers earn a median $39.74 an hour.

How much do freelance web designers charge in Minnesota?+

About $60–$95 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 Minnesota?+

A five-page small-business website built by a Minnesota freelancer costs about $1,100–$1,700, plus $50–$115 a month for hosting and updates.

How many web developers work in Minnesota?+

BLS counts 1,200 employed web developers and 1,520 web and digital interface designers in Minnesota. 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.