UI and Visual Designer salary: $154K median
The median advertised UI and Visual Designer salary is $154K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $129K to $198K: counted from 54 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $74 an hour or $12,792 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $224K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll UI and visual designer jobs
$154Kmedian advertised salary
$129K – $198Kmiddle half of roles
$159Kaverage advertised salary
54roles counted
UI and Visual Designer salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $190K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸California | $175K | 23 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $156K | 49 |
Skills that pay more for UI and Visual Designer roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | $224K | +$70K | 5 |
| React | $186K | +$33K | 6 |
| Typography | $174K | +$20K | 6 |
| JavaScript | $165K | +$12K | 6 |
| Agile | $156K | +$2K | 11 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| DoorDash USA | $258K | 3 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $149K | 4 |
| DEPT® | $121K | 3 |
Highest-paying open UI and Visual Designer roles
All UI and visual designer jobs- Principal Visual Designer, MerchantDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Seattle, WA$209K - $307KLead and aboveTypeScriptReactLLM
- Principal Visual Designer - Studio CentralDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA$209K - $307KLead and aboveLLM
- Interface DesignerHark · 🇺🇸San Jose$150K - $300K
- Visual DesignerTypesafe Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office$176K - $271KLLM
- Senior Visual DesignerOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$179K - $268KSeniorFigmaCSSDesign systems
- UI/UX DeveloperAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$130K - $265KTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Sr. Visual DesignerCantina · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$200K - $260KHybridSeniorFigma
- Sr. Lead Visual DesignerHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$190K - $256KHybridLead and aboveFigmaAgileDesign systems
- UI/UX DesignerGRVTY · 🇺🇸McLean, Virginia, United States$150K - $250KFigma
- UI/UX DeveloperGRVTY · 🇺🇸Chantilly, Virginia, United States$150K - $250KTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Senior UX/UI DesignerRhoda Ai · 🇺🇸Mountain View$175K - $250KSeniorFigma
- Staff Product Designer (Visual Design & Systems), Autonomous RecruitingHandshake · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$225K - $250KHybridLead and aboveFigma
- Senior Visual DesignerEllipsislabs · 🇺🇸New York, New York$170K - $225KHybridSeniorFigmaSolana
- Staff UX/UI DesignerCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$160K - $220KLead and aboveFigma
- Senior UX Visual DesignerNorthbeam · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$185K - $210KRemoteSeniorMachine LearningFigmaDesign systems
- Sr. Visual DesignerSevenai · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$140K - $210KHybridSeniorFigma
- ServiceNow UI/UX DesignerAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA; Herndon, VA$108K - $203KJavaScriptAgile
- Sr. Software Developer - C#/WPF for UI/UX DevelopmentEsri · 🇺🇸Remote Eligible, US$123K - $202KRemoteSeniorC++C#Agile
- Sr. Software Developer - C#/WPF for UI/UX DevelopmentEsri · 🇺🇸Redlands, CA$123K - $202KSeniorC++C#Agile
- Visual DesignerCodeRabbit · 🇺🇸San Francisco$150K - $200KHybridReactFigmaHTML
Questions about UI and Visual Designer pay
- What is the average UI and Visual Designer salary?
- $159K a year on average and $154K at the median, across 54 open UI and Visual Designer 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 $129K to $198K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest UI and Visual Designer pay?
- DoorDash USA ($258K), Accenture Federal Services ($149K), DEPT® ($121K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an ui and visual designer a high-paying job?
- The median UI and Visual Designer posting advertises $154K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an ui and visual designer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $224K a year or more; the highest open UI and Visual Designer role advertises up to $307K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the UI and Visual Designer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $154K a year is about $74 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,792 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $62 to $95 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for UI and Visual Designer roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM (+$70K, 5 postings), React (+$33K, 6 postings), Typography (+$20K, 6 postings) advertise more than the $154K median of all UI and Visual Designer 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 UI and Visual Designer roles at companies is $154K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $129K to $198K. Counted from 54 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/ui-designer/
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