PHP developers in the US bill roughly $30 to $110 per hour on vetted marketplaces, with agencies charging $100 to $185. Full-time base salaries typically fall between $85,000 and $150,000. PHP still runs a huge share of the web, from WordPress to large Laravel and Symfony applications, so the market rewards engineers who work in modern PHP rather than the style of a decade ago.
Vetted marketplace
$30–110
per hour · USA, 2026
Vetted marketplace · like HireDeveloperUSA.com
$30–$110/hour
Development agency
$100–$185/hour
In-house full-time · base salary
$85,000–$150,000/year
Add 25–40% for benefits, payroll taxes and overhead before comparing with hourly php developers rates.
Junior
$30 – $52/hour
Mid-level
$52 – $80/hour
Senior
$80 – $110/hour
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Between $30 and $110 per hour on vetted marketplaces depending on seniority, $100 to $185 through an agency, or $85,000 to $150,000 in base salary full-time.
The global talent pool is very large and the entry bar is low, which compresses junior pricing. Senior engineers on modern PHP frameworks are a different market and priced much closer to their Node or Python peers.
Usually not. Modern PHP is fast and maintainable, and an incremental upgrade with tests almost always costs less than a rewrite. Have a senior contractor assess the codebase before deciding.
Recent PHP versions, framework experience matching your stack, and evidence of testing practice. A candidate whose examples are all PHP 5-era is a maintenance hire, not a build hire.
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