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New Jersey · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in New Jersey

The median web developer wage in New Jersey is $45.76 an hour, 3% above the US median. A freelancer there should charge about $55–$90 an hour — $1,000–$1,600 for a five-page site.

Pages

5
What the site needs

What to charge

$1,000–$1,600

About 18 hours at $55–$90 an hour, the freelance rate in New Jersey. Plus $50–$110 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in New Jersey

Web designer pay in New Jersey

Median web developer wage
$45.76/hr
$95,200 a year
Freelance rate
$55–$90
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
14th
of 49 with published data
New JerseyMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$45.76$45.672,250
Web and digital interface designers$45.82$50.092,170

A dash is a figure BLS did not publish for New Jersey.

What to charge for a website in New Jersey

At $55–$90 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a New Jersey employee would.

SitePriceMonthly
One-page site$500–$750$50–$110
Five-page business site$1,000–$1,600$50–$110
Five pages with online booking$1,200–$2,000$50–$110
Eight pages, copy written for them$2,150–$3,500$50–$110
Small online shop$1,700–$2,800$50–$110

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 New Jersey's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 2 metro areas in New Jersey:

  • Trenton — $51.31 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Atlantic City — $30.19 an hour (median web developer wage)

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Questions

How much do web designers make in New Jersey?+

The median web developer wage in New Jersey is $45.76 an hour, about $95,200 a year (BLS, May 2025). Web and digital interface designers earn a median $45.82 an hour.

How much do freelance web designers charge in New Jersey?+

About $55–$90 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 New Jersey?+

A five-page small-business website built by a New Jersey freelancer costs about $1,000–$1,600, plus $50–$110 a month for hosting and updates.

How many web developers work in New Jersey?+

BLS counts 2,250 employed web developers and 2,170 web and digital interface designers in New Jersey. 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.