Most rent surveys for Washington DC quote a blended annual number and stop there. This one is built from asking prices we hold on the desk: 72 private offices in 10 business centres, each with its own floor, area and monthly figure. Here is what those numbers say in 2026.
Rate per square foot
Asking rates in the listing run from $2.32 to $6.32 per ft² a month and sit typically around $3.10. Converted to the annual convention US brokers use, that is roughly $28 to $76 per ft² a year, with the bulk near $37. The spread is not random: the cheapest bands belong to larger full-floor plates, the highest to small fitted rooms where service is baked into the rate.
Monthly budgets
By total monthly cost the listing starts at $130 for a 43 ft² fitted room on Pennsylvania Avenue and ends at $44,067 for a 14,230 ft² floor at Uline Arena in NoMa. A typical unit lands near $3,324 a month. Four offices are priced under $500, eleven under $1,000, and twenty-two under $2,000 — a useful fact for anyone told that a DC address starts in five figures.
How big are the units
Areas run from 43 ft² to 14,230 ft². Twenty-three units are 500 ft² or smaller, which suits teams of two to six; eight units are 5,000 ft² or larger and are floor-plate deals for fifty people and up. Everything currently listed sits between the third and sixth floors, so daylight and lift traffic are broadly comparable across the set.
The rate bands, building by building
The lowest rate on the board is $2.32 per ft² at Metro Center on G Street NW. Evening Star on Pennsylvania Avenue holds seven units at $2.60. Fourteen units at 20 F Street NW and 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW are quoted at $2.67. The Pennsylvania Avenue pair sits at $3.02, 100 M Street SE and 1015 15th Street NW at $3.48, and the top band of $6.32 covers fourteen small fitted rooms at Uline Arena and 1300 I Street NW.
Flexible formats price on a different scale
All ten centres also quote serviced products: a coworking desk at $385 a month, a meeting room from $120, a business address at $110 and a virtual office at $100. For a team of three, that ladder often undercuts a conventional lease once furniture, cabling and utilities are added up.
Reading a quote
Two questions settle most comparisons: is the area quoted usable or rentable, and what does the rate already include. Fitted rooms usually bundle internet, cleaning and reception; floor plates leave fit-out and utilities with the tenant. Compare the full list of office space for rent in Washington DC and check both fields on each unit before shortlisting.