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North Carolina · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in North Carolina

The median web developer wage in North Carolina is $46.45 an hour, 4% 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 North Carolina. Plus $50–$115 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in North Carolina

Web designer pay in North Carolina

Median web developer wage
$46.45/hr
$96,600 a year
Freelance rate
$60–$95
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
13th
of 49 with published data
North CarolinaMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$46.45$47.302,030
Web and digital interface designers$47.11$50.013,400

A dash is a figure BLS did not publish for North Carolina.

What to charge for a website in North Carolina

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 North Carolina 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.

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Web design rates in North Carolina's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 8 metro areas in North Carolina:

  • Charlotte — $49.03 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Raleigh — $39.54 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Durham — $46.58 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Greensboro — $44.10 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Asheville — $38.24 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Winston-Salem — $48.19 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Wilmington — $43.98 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Hickory — $29.29 an hour (median web designer wage)

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Search any town in North Carolina 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 North Carolina?+

The median web developer wage in North Carolina is $46.45 an hour, about $96,600 a year (BLS, May 2025). Web and digital interface designers earn a median $47.11 an hour.

How much do freelance web designers charge in North Carolina?+

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 North Carolina?+

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

How many web developers work in North Carolina?+

BLS counts 2,030 employed web developers and 3,400 web and digital interface designers in North Carolina. 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.