Motion Designer and Animator salary: $145K median
The median advertised Motion Designer and Animator salary is $145K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $135K to $200K: counted from 22 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $70 an hour or $12,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $235K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
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$145Kmedian advertised salary
$135K – $200Kmiddle half of roles
$163Kaverage advertised salary
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Top-paying companies
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Highest-paying open Motion Designer and Animator roles
All motion designer and animator jobs- Staff Motion Designer, Design InnovationPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$159K - $327KRemoteLead and aboveDesign systemsInteraction designMotion design
- Senior Robot AnimatorSkild AI · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA$100K - $300KSeniorMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, Avatar AnimationRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$242K - $294KSeniorC++Lua
- Lead Technical AnimatorEpic Games · BLANK,BLANK,Multiple Locations$152K - $278KLead and abovePythonUnreal Engine
- Sr. Motion DesignerCursor · 🇺🇸New York, NY$172K - $250KSeniorFigmaWebGLTypography
- Motion DesignerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$223K - $247KHybridFigmaBrand designTypography
- Motion DesignerPerplexity · 🇺🇸New York City$180K - $210KHybridFigmaVisual designAdobe Creative Cloud
- Motion Designer + Editor, SocialRunway Ml · Remote$140K - $200KRemoteHTMLGenerative AI
- Technical Designer in AnimationEpic Games · BLANK,BLANK,Multiple Locations$118K - $190KC++Unreal EngineGenerative AI
- Senior Motion Designer & EditorAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$110K - $180KSeniorUnreal EngineDesign systemsTypography
- Senior Motion DesignerHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$120K - $180KHybridSeniorFigmaDesign systemsBrand design
- Motion DesignerSuperpower · 🇺🇸San Francisco$120K - $170K
- Motion Designer, PPM SMBPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$82K - $169KRemoteFigmaTypographyAdobe Creative Cloud
- Sr. Technical Animator, VRAxon · 🇺🇸Washington, United States$104K - $167KSeniorUnreal EngineNLP
- Senior Technical Animator2K · 🇺🇸Novato, California, United States$109K - $161KSeniorUnreal Engine
- Senior Motion DesignerSt Labs · 🇺🇸NYC, NY$130K - $160KSenior
- Editor + Motion GraphicsLuma AI · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$126K - $147KHybridBrand designMotion designPhotoshop
- Associate Director, Technical Motion DesignDEPT® · 🇨🇦🇺🇸NY, US, MA, US, IL, US, ON, CAN - Remote$123K - $147KRemoteLead and abovePythonJavaScriptFigma
- Motion Designer & Video EditorJoinpogo · 🇺🇸🇨🇦United States/Canada$110K - $130KRemoteFigmaBrand designTypography
- Motion Design LeadVox Media Group · 🇺🇸New York, NY$110K - $125KLead and aboveFigmaVisual designBrand design
Questions about Motion Designer and Animator pay
- What is the average Motion Designer and Animator salary?
- $163K a year on average and $145K at the median, across 22 open Motion Designer and Animator 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 $135K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- 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.
- Is a motion designer and animator a high-paying job?
- The median Motion Designer and Animator posting advertises $145K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 17% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a motion designer and animator?
- A tenth of the postings offer $235K a year or more; the highest open Motion Designer and Animator role advertises up to $327K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Motion Designer and Animator salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $145K a year is about $70 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $65 to $96 an hour.
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The median advertised salary for Motion Designer and Animator roles at companies is $145K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $135K to $200K. Counted from 22 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/motion-designer/
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