UX Designer salary: $148K median
The median advertised UX Designer salary is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $112K to $178K: counted from 68 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $71 an hour or $12,354 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $214K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll UX designer jobs
$148Kmedian advertised salary
$112K – $178Kmiddle half of roles
$152Kaverage advertised salary
68roles counted
UX Designer salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $175K, 4% more than senior roles ($168K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $168K | $140K–$176K | 23 |
| Lead and above | $175K | $148K–$215K | 15 |
| No level in the title | $114K | $95K–$156K | 28 |
UX Designer salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $175K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸California | $172K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $152K | 63 |
Skills that pay more for UX Designer roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interaction design | $175K | +$27K | 13 |
| Usability testing | $157K | +$9K | 8 |
| Visual design | $154K | +$6K | 6 |
| Design systems | $149K | +$1K | 13 |
| Adobe Creative Cloud | $149K | +$0K | 8 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Twitch | $175K | 3 |
| SharkNinja | $152K | 3 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $131K | 4 |
Highest-paying open UX Designer roles
All UX designer jobs- VP, Product - Platform & User ExperienceSentinelOne · 🇺🇸United States$255K - $340KLead and above
- VP, User Experience and Design Innovation (Remote Eligible)Smartsheet · 🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, USA$291K - $339KLead and aboveDesign systemsVisual designWCAG
- Senior UX DesignerTanium · 🇺🇸Addison, TX (Hybrid); Bellevue, WA (Hybrid); Durham, NC (…$169K - $259KHybridSenior
- Manager, Product Experience DesignAdyen · 🇺🇸Chicago$180K - $250KAgileAI agentsReconciliations
- UI/UX DesignerGRVTY · 🇺🇸McLean, Virginia, United States$150K - $250KFigma
- Product UX DesignerFinvari · 🇺🇸Seattle Office$170K - $250KHybridFigmaDesign systemsUser research
- Senior UX/UI DesignerRhoda Ai · 🇺🇸Mountain View$175K - $250KSeniorFigma
- Staff UX DesignerSecurityScorecard · 🇺🇸Remote (United States)$180K - $250KRemoteLead and aboveFigma
- Senior Manager, UX DesignCounterpart Health · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$188K - $245KRemoteSenior
- Staff UX DesignerCounterpart Health · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$188K - $245KRemoteLead and above
- Agent Experience DesignerDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $220KLLMSpanishAI agents
- Agent UX DesignerDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $220KLLMSpanishAI agents
- Senior Scientist - Human Computer Interaction (UX/HCI/HMI)Charles River Analytics · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA$170K - $220KSeniorMachine Learning
- Staff UX/UI DesignerCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$160K - $220KLead and aboveFigma
- Senior UX Designer, MonetizationTwitch · 🇺🇸Irvine, CA$138K - $212KSeniorFigmaInteraction design
- Senior UX Designer, MonetizationTwitch · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA$138K - $212KSeniorFigmaInteraction design
- Senior UX Visual DesignerNorthbeam · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$185K - $210KRemoteSeniorMachine LearningFigmaDesign systems
- Principal UX DesignerFamiliarMachines · 🇺🇸Boston Metro Area (Woburn, MA)$180K - $210KHybridLead and aboveMachine Learning
- ServiceNow UI/UX DesignerAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA; Herndon, VA$108K - $203KJavaScriptAgile
- Staff UX DesignerEndor Labs · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$140K - $200KLead and aboveLLMSnowflakeMongoDB
Questions about UX Designer pay
- What is the average UX Designer salary?
- $152K a year on average and $148K at the median, across 68 open UX 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 $112K to $178K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest UX Designer pay?
- Twitch ($175K), SharkNinja ($152K), Accenture Federal Services ($131K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an ux designer a high-paying job?
- The median UX Designer posting advertises $148K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an ux designer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $214K a year or more; the highest open UX Designer role advertises up to $340K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the UX Designer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $148K a year is about $71 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,354 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $54 to $85 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for UX Designer roles?
- Postings that ask for Interaction design (+$27K, 13 postings), Usability testing (+$9K, 8 postings), Visual design (+$6K, 6 postings) advertise more than the $148K median of all UX 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 UX Designer roles at companies is $148K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $112K to $178K. Counted from 68 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/ux-designer/
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