Interaction design salary: $200K median
The median advertised Interaction design salary is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $175K to $235K: counted from 181 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $96 an hour or $16,667 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $278K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Interaction design jobs
$200Kmedian advertised salary
$175K – $235Kmiddle half of roles
$211Kaverage advertised salary
181roles counted
Interaction design salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $228K, 17% more than senior roles ($194K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $194K | $172K–$212K | 69 |
| Lead and above | $228K | $185K–$260K | 52 |
| No level in the title | $210K | $172K–$270K | 59 |
Interaction design salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $228K | 67 |
| 🇺🇸California | $212K | 85 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $211K | 44 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $200K | 175 |
Skills that pay more for Interaction design roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | $221K | +$21K | 26 |
| AI agents | $216K | +$16K | 21 |
| Typography | $209K | +$9K | 28 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Ramp | $314K | 5 |
| OpenAI | $278K | 11 |
| $234K | 5 | |
| Datadog | $230K | 3 |
| Brex | $216K | 3 |
| CodeRabbit | $212K | 3 |
| Harvey | $210K | 6 |
| Anduril Industries | $204K | 8 |
| Siftstack | $195K | 6 |
| Whoop | $185K | 3 |
| Applied | $182K | 4 |
| Twitch | $175K | 3 |
| Oscar Health | $172K | 6 |
| DEPT® | $121K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Interaction design roles
All Interaction design jobs- Head of DesignVanta · 🇺🇸Remote U.S.$365K - $513KRemoteLead and aboveSOC 2ISO 27001Design systems
- Full Stack Staff & Software Engineer, Consumer MonetizationOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KHybridLead and aboveA/B testingInteraction designE-commerce
- Senior Director of Design, Search & FeedsReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$317K - $444KRemoteLead and aboveInteraction designInformation architecture
- Product DesignerRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$188K - $440KHybridLLMFigmaDesign systems
- Director, Product DesignRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$320K - $440KHybridLead and aboveGoAI agentsInteraction design
- Product DesignerAntimetal · 🇺🇸HQ - NYC$200K - $400KLLMObservabilityDesign systems
- Product Designer, People Innovation LabsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $385KOpenAI APIDesign systemsUser research
- Senior / Staff Software Engineer, iOSSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$228K - $363KLead and aboveSwiftiOSSwiftUI
- Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AndroidSuno · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$228K - $363KLead and aboveKotlinAndroidInteraction design
- Head of Product DesignTools For Humanity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$306K - $360KLead and aboveAgileHTMLCryptography
- Director, Product DesignGoFundMe · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA$210K - $350KLead and aboveShopifyDesign systemsVisual design
- Staff Motion Designer, Design InnovationPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$159K - $327KRemoteLead and aboveDesign systemsInteraction designMotion design
- Senior Product Designer, Consumer AppRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$271K - $323KSeniorFigmaA/B testingInteraction design
- Senior/Staff FDE - Synthetic Data GenerationSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$180K - $320KHybridLead and abovePythonDockerGCP
- UI EngineerGamma · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $310KReactCSSDesign systems
- Design EngineerRunway Ml · Remote$250K - $310KRemoteHTMLAI agentsInteraction design
- Prototype ResearcherRunway Ml · Remote$250K - $310KRemoteHTMLAI agentsInteraction design
- Staff/Principal Design Systems LeadRender · 🇺🇸Remote: United States$218K - $307KRemoteLead and aboveLLMFigmaAI agents
- Staff Software Engineer - FrontendDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA$244K - $305KLead and aboveReactA/B testingInteraction design
- Product Designer, Core ExperienceFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$169K - $303KUser researchInteraction design
Questions about Interaction design pay
- What is the average Interaction design salary?
- $211K a year on average and $200K at the median, across 181 open Interaction design postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $175K to $235K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Interaction design pay?
- Ramp ($314K), OpenAI ($278K), Reddit ($234K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an interaction design a high-paying job?
- The median Interaction design posting advertises $200K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an interaction design?
- A tenth of the postings offer $278K a year or more; the highest open Interaction design role advertises up to $513K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Interaction design salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $200K a year is about $96 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,667 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $84 to $113 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Interaction design roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM (+$21K, 26 postings), AI agents (+$16K, 21 postings), Typography (+$9K, 28 postings) advertise more than the $200K median of all Interaction design postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Interaction design roles at companies is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $175K to $235K. Counted from 181 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/interaction-design/
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