How Much Does It Cost to Design a Website?
Last updated . Outside prices were checked October 1, 2026, and wage and DeskTeam360 numbers on September 25, 2026.
What you pay to have a website designed and built depends on who builds it. Web development firms mostly bill $50 to $100 an hour (GoodFirms survey), most design agencies on Clutch charge $25 to $49 an hour, and most web design projects on Clutch cost under $10,000. If you need web work every month, a full-time hire costs $6,992.28 to $9,333.17 a month before benefits (and, outside Florida, before state unemployment tax), depending on the job and the state, while DeskTeam360's flat plans run $1,497 to $4,491 a month. The table near the end puts them side by side.
How much does website design cost?
A basic professional website costs about $1,000 to $3,000 to design and build in GoodFirms' 2026 survey of 300+ web firms, and Forbes Advisor says professional design starts at $1,500. On Clutch, most web design projects cost under $10,000. For the total cost of owning a site, including the domain, hosting, and upkeep, see website cost.
How much do web developers charge for a website?
Most web development firms in a GoodFirms survey (57%) bill $50 to $100 an hour. Freelance web developers on Upwork typically charge $15 to $50 an hour, and ZipRecruiter puts the US average for freelance web developers at about $45.12 an hour (October 2026). A web developer on staff earned a median $44.54 an hour in the US in 2025. For hourly rates side by side, see web developer hourly rates.
How much do web designers charge for a website?
Most design agencies listed on Clutch charge $25 to $49 an hour, and most web design projects there cost under $10,000. For comparison, a web and digital interface designer on staff earned a median $50.00 an hour in the US and $37.37 an hour in Florida in 2025, before any employer costs.
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What changes the price of a website design?
Four things change the price most: how many pages, how many custom features, whether there's a store, and who does the work.
| What changes | Costs less when | Costs more when |
|---|---|---|
| Number of pages | A handful of pages from one layout | Many pages, each with its own layout |
| Custom features | Standard features the platform already has | Custom forms, logins, member areas, or links to other systems |
| A store | No online sales | Products, payments, and store apps. GoodFirms' 2026 survey puts a typical ecommerce site at $5,000 to $50,000 |
| Who does it | An hourly freelancer at a lower rate | A firm with higher rates, or a full-time hire |
How much does a website cost per month?
On the build side, the monthly cost is whoever does the web work. A full-time hire costs thousands a month before benefits. A flat monthly team costs a set price. Running costs, like hosting and a domain, are separate: see website hosting cost.
| Monthly cost | What it covers | A month |
|---|---|---|
| Florida computer programmer, median wage plus employer taxes | One full-time person, before benefits | $8,378.27 |
| US computer programmer, median wage plus employer taxes | One full-time person, before benefits | $9,009.32 plus state unemployment tax |
| Florida web and digital interface designer (stand-in) | One full-time person, before benefits | $6,992.28 |
| US web and digital interface designer (stand-in) | One full-time person, before benefits | $9,333.17 plus state unemployment tax |
| DeskTeam360 Entrepreneur | A team working on 1 task at a time | $1,497 |
| DeskTeam360 Marketer | A team working on 2 tasks at a time | $2,994 |
| DeskTeam360 Agency | A team working on 3 tasks at a time | $4,491 |
How to read it:
- The hire rows are 2025 median wages from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, plus employer Social Security, Medicare, federal unemployment tax, and, in Florida, state reemployment tax, divided by 12. Benefits aren't included.
- BLS doesn't publish a Florida wage for web developers, so computer programmers stand in first, as the closer match, with designers second. The US median for web developers is $92,650 a year.
- DeskTeam360's prices are its published prices as of September 2026. All three plans come with the full team and all 8 services, including web development.
- The rows measure different things. A hire gives you one full-time person. A plan gives you a team that takes 1, 2, or 3 of your tasks at once.
For every line of the math, with benefits and city wages, see the full cost of a web hire.
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Sources
- GoodFirms, "Website Construction Cost Survey"
- Forbes Advisor, "How Much Does a Website Cost?"
- Clutch, design agency pricing
- Upwork, web developer cost
- ZipRecruiter, freelance web developer salary
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS wage data, 2025
- IRS Topic 751, Social Security and Medicare, IRS Topic 759, federal unemployment tax and Florida Department of Revenue, reemployment tax, as worked out on the full cost page
- DeskTeam360, home page and prices (deskteam360.com) and About (deskteam360.com/about)
- Trustpilot, DeskTeam360 reviews
All checked September 25 or October 1, 2026. This site isn't connected to the State of Florida or any other government agency.
What changed
- October 1, 2026: First version of this page.
- October 1, 2026: Added "What changes the price of a website design?" Running costs moved to the website cost and hosting cost guides.