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West Virginia · BLS May 2025

Web Design Rates in West Virginia

The median web developer wage in West Virginia is $37.62 an hour, 16% below the US median. A freelancer there should charge about $45–$75 an hour — $800–$1,350 for a five-page site.

Pages

5
What the site needs

What to charge

$800–$1,350

About 18 hours at $45–$75 an hour, the freelance rate in West Virginia. Plus $45–$95 a month for hosting and updates.

Web design rates in West Virginia

Web designer pay in West Virginia

Median web developer wage
$37.62/hr
$78,200 a year
Freelance rate
$45–$75
an hour, estimated
Rank among states
32nd
of 49 with published data
West VirginiaMedian hourlyAverage hourlyEmployed
Web developers$37.62$37.15400
Web and digital interface designers$34.56$49.73200

A dash is a figure BLS did not publish for West Virginia.

What to charge for a website in West Virginia

At $45–$75 an hour. Price the job, not the hours: quote the project, and use these to check you are not working for less than a West Virginia employee would.

SitePriceMonthly
One-page site$500–$750$45–$95
Five-page business site$800–$1,350$45–$95
Five pages with online booking$1,000–$1,650$45–$95
Eight pages, copy written for them$1,750–$2,950$45–$95
Small online shop$1,400–$2,350$45–$95

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 West Virginia's metro areas

BLS publishes figures for one metro area in West Virginia:

  • Morgantown — $38.07 an hour (median web developer wage)

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Questions

How much do web designers make in West Virginia?+

The median web developer wage in West Virginia is $37.62 an hour, about $78,200 a year (BLS, May 2025). Web and digital interface designers earn a median $34.56 an hour.

How much do freelance web designers charge in West Virginia?+

About $45–$75 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 West Virginia?+

A five-page small-business website built by a West Virginia freelancer costs about $800–$1,350, plus $45–$95 a month for hosting and updates.

How many web developers work in West Virginia?+

BLS counts 400 employed web developers and 200 web and digital interface designers in West Virginia. 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.