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South Dakota · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in South Dakota

The median web developer wage in South Dakota is $24.57 an hour, 45% below the US median. A freelancer there should charge about $30–$50 an hour — $550–$900 for a five-page site.

Pages

5
What the site needs

What to charge

$550–$900

About 18 hours at $30–$50 an hour, the freelance rate in South Dakota. Plus $35–$70 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in South Dakota

Web designer pay in South Dakota

Median web developer wage
$24.57/hr
$51,100 a year
Freelance rate
$30–$50
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
47th
of 49 with published data
South DakotaMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$24.57$25.94390
Web and digital interface designers———

A dash is a figure BLS did not publish for South Dakota.

What to charge for a website in South Dakota

At $30–$50 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a South Dakota employee would.

SitePriceMonthly
One-page site$500–$750$35–$70
Five-page business site$550–$900$35–$70
Five pages with online booking$650–$1,100$35–$70
Eight pages, copy written for them$1,150–$1,950$35–$70
Small online shop$950–$1,550$35–$70

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 South Dakota's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for 2 metro areas in South Dakota:

  • Sioux Falls — $26.11 an hour (median web developer wage)
  • Rapid City — $25.29 an hour (median web developer wage)

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Questions

How much do web designers make in South Dakota?+

The median web developer wage in South Dakota is $24.57 an hour, about $51,100 a year (BLS, May 2025).

How much do freelance web designers charge in South Dakota?+

About $30–$50 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 South Dakota?+

A five-page small-business website built by a South Dakota freelancer costs about $550–$900, plus $35–$70 a month for hosting and updates.

How many web developers work in South Dakota?+

BLS counts 390 employed web developers in South Dakota. 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.