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Title: L&D Designer hourly rate in Florida | Deftridge
Summary: Learning & Development Designer pay in Florida: median wage $43 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $70. Free for professionals.

FL · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Learning & Development Designer hourly rate in Florida

The market median wage for a Learning & Development Designer in Florida is **$42.58 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$70 an hour** on Deftridge, -7% against the United States rate.

**$70/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$42.58/hr** median wage

**$30-61** middle half of wages

**$1,520** a month at 5 hours a week

## Learning & Development Designer wage percentiles in Florida

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $23.31 | $510 | $48,500 |
| 25th | $30.18 | $650 | $62,800 |
| Median | $42.58 | $920 | $88,600 |
| 75th | $61.48 | $1,330 | $127,900 |
| 90th | $79.72 | $1,730 | $165,800 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 30,380 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Florida in numbers

What sets Florida apart for a Learning & Development Designer, from the same sources as the table above.

- **-4%** median wage against the United States median of $44.50

- **38th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **30,380** people employed in the role in this place

- **$45.86** median wage in the Crestview metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Learning & Development Designer in Florida by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $70 | $1,520 |
| Manager | $85 | $1,840 |

- One-off task **$70**

- Task bundle **$65**

## Learning & Development Designer pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Learning & Development Designer, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Florida ranks **38 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $59.05 | $95 |
| Wyoming | $58.34 | $95 |
| California | $57.51 | $95 |
| Illinois | $42.87 | $70 |
| West Virginia | $42.87 | $70 |
| Georgia | $42.86 | $70 |
| Florida | $42.58 | $70 |
| Nevada | $42.15 | $70 |
| North Carolina | $42.15 | $70 |
| Michigan | $42.10 | $70 |

## Metro areas in Florida

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Crestview $45.86/hr median wage · range $28-64](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Orlando $45.26/hr median wage · range $30-61](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Miami $45.14/hr median wage · range $32-65](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Naples $43.29/hr median wage · range $30-65](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Palm Bay $42.34/hr median wage · range $30-62](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Jacksonville $42.19/hr median wage · range $30-63](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Tampa $41.82/hr median wage · range $30-57](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Lakeland $40.66/hr median wage · range $29-52](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Pensacola $40.63/hr median wage · range $31-56](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

- [Cape Coral $39.99/hr median wage · range $29-66](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/florida/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Learning & Development Designer rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/learning-designer/) · [Learning & Development Designer jobs in Florida](https://deftridge.com/jobs/learning-designer/florida/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
