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Ohio · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in Ohio

The median web designer wage in Ohio is $40.08 an hour, 20% below the US median. A freelancer there should charge about $50–$80 an hour — $900–$1,450 for a five-page site.

Pages

5
What the site needs

What to charge

$900–$1,450

About 18 hours at $50–$80 an hour, the freelance rate in Ohio. Plus $45–$100 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in Ohio

Web designer pay in Ohio

Median web designer wage
$40.08/hr
$83,400 a year
Freelance rate
$50–$80
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
24th
of 49 with published data
OhioMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers——1,690
Web and digital interface designers$40.08$45.452,520

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

What to charge for a website in Ohio

At $50–$80 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a Ohio employee would.

SitePriceMonthly
One-page site$500–$750$45–$100
Five-page business site$900–$1,450$45–$100
Five pages with online booking$1,100–$1,750$45–$100
Eight pages, copy written for them$1,950–$3,100$45–$100
Small online shop$1,550–$2,500$45–$100

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 Ohio's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 7 metro areas in Ohio:

  • Columbus — $40.32 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Cincinnati — $38.90 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Cleveland — $41.51 an hour (median web designer wage)
  • Dayton — $33.28 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Akron — $37.35 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Toledo — $36.24 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Youngstown — $28.36 an hour (median web designer wage)

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Questions

How much do web designers make in Ohio?+

The median web designer wage in Ohio is $40.08 an hour, about $83,400 a year (BLS, May 2025).

How much do freelance web designers charge in Ohio?+

About $50–$80 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 Ohio?+

A five-page small-business website built by a Ohio freelancer costs about $900–$1,450, plus $45–$100 a month for hosting and updates.

How many web developers work in Ohio?+

BLS counts 1,690 employed web developers and 2,520 web and digital interface designers in Ohio. 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.