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New York · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in New York

The median web developer wage in New York is $47.39 an hour, 6% 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 New York. Plus $50–$115 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in New York

Web designer pay in New York

Median web developer wage
$47.39/hr
$98,600 a year
Freelance rate
$60–$95
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
9th
of 49 with published data
New YorkMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$47.39$49.453,990
Web and digital interface designers$58.17$62.4916,560

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

What to charge for a website in New York

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 New York 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 New York's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 9 metro areas in New York:

  • New York — $50.39 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Buffalo — $40.17 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Rochester — $38.43 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Albany — $40.90 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Syracuse — $37.34 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Binghamton — $45.23 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Kiryas Joel — $32.50 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Ithaca — $60.49 an hour (median web designer wage)
  • Utica — $36.92 an hour (median web designer wage)

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Questions

How much do web designers make in New York?+

The median web developer wage in New York is $47.39 an hour, about $98,600 a year (BLS, May 2025). Web and digital interface designers earn a median $58.17 an hour.

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

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 New York?+

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

How many web developers work in New York?+

BLS counts 3,990 employed web developers and 16,560 web and digital interface designers in New York. 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.