Visual design salary: $180K median
The median advertised Visual design salary is $180K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $138K to $212K: counted from 215 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $87 an hour or $15,000 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $240K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Visual design jobs
$180Kmedian advertised salary
$138K – $212Kmiddle half of roles
$175Kaverage advertised salary
215roles counted
Visual design salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $200K, 15% more than senior roles ($174K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $174K | $142K–$202K | 68 |
| Lead and above | $200K | $160K–$238K | 69 |
| No level in the title | $175K | $125K–$195K | 73 |
Visual design salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $198K | 71 |
| 🇺🇸California | $188K | 95 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $180K | 202 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $178K | 56 |
Skills that pay more for Visual design roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| User research | $197K | +$17K | 34 |
| Interaction design | $197K | +$17K | 54 |
| HTML | $194K | +$14K | 28 |
| Information architecture | $194K | +$14K | 26 |
| Design systems | $192K | +$12K | 101 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Runway Ml | $255K | 4 |
| Hinge Health | $232K | 3 |
| CodeRabbit | $212K | 3 |
| Harvey | $210K | 6 |
| Roblox | $196K | 4 |
| Perplexity | $195K | 4 |
| Okta | $194K | 3 |
| Ashby | $192K | 3 |
| Zip | $190K | 3 |
| Samsara | $184K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $183K | 6 |
| Applied | $168K | 4 |
| Gallatin | $145K | 3 |
| Brex | $142K | 5 |
| DEPT® | $128K | 4 |
| Qualtrics | $75K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Visual design roles
All Visual design jobs- Head of DesignVanta · 🇺🇸Remote U.S.$365K - $513KRemoteLead and aboveSOC 2ISO 27001Design systems
- Director, Product DesignGoFundMe · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA$210K - $350KLead and aboveShopifyDesign systemsVisual design
- Principal Software Engineer, BuildRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLead and aboveTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- VP, User Experience and Design Innovation (Remote Eligible)Smartsheet · 🇺🇸Bellevue, WA, USA$291K - $339KLead and aboveDesign systemsVisual designWCAG
- Product Designer, Higher EducationOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$287K - $334KHybridVisual design
- Staff Design Engineer - AmericasAshby · 🇺🇸Remote - US$232K - $323KRemoteLead and aboveTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Product DesignerRogo · 🇺🇸New York City$165K - $315KReactFigmaHTML
- Product Designer, AccessibilityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$245K - $310KHybridFigmaDesign systemsVisual design
- Director, StorylabsPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$247K - $301KLead and aboveFigmaVisual designTypography
- Brand Design LeadMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $300KLead and aboveVisual designBrand designTypography
- Principal Product Designer, ConsumerFlex · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA$204K - $300KLead and aboveFigmaA/B testingDesign systems
- Principal/Director, Product ManagementHeartflow · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$240K - $295KLead and aboveAgileVisual designMedical devices
- Product Design ManagerEverlaw · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States$209K - $293KGenerative AIVisual designLitigation
- Product DesignerSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$190K - $290KFigmaDesign systemsVisual design
- Sr./Staff Product Designer, GrowthRunway Ml · Remote$220K - $290KRemoteLead and aboveHTMLA/B testingVisual design
- Sr./Staff Product DesignerRunway Ml · Remote$220K - $290KRemoteLead and aboveHTMLVisual designTypography
- Senior Product Design Manager - Business Banking & InvestmentsMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$229K - $286KRemoteSeniorVisual designInteraction designTypography
- Senior Product DesignerCohere · 🇨🇦Toronto$125K - $280KRemoteSeniorFigmaAI agentsDesign systems
- Principal Brand DesignerSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$225K - $280KHybridLead and aboveFigmaGenerative AILLM evaluation
- Product DesignerSesame · 🇺🇸San Francisco$175K - $280KDesign systemsUser researchVisual design
Questions about Visual design pay
- What is the average Visual design salary?
- $175K a year on average and $180K at the median, across 215 open Visual 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 $138K to $212K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Visual design pay?
- Runway Ml ($255K), Hinge Health ($232K), CodeRabbit ($212K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a visual design a high-paying job?
- The median Visual design posting advertises $180K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 3% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a visual design?
- A tenth of the postings offer $240K a year or more; the highest open Visual design role advertises up to $513K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Visual design salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $180K a year is about $87 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,000 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $66 to $102 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Visual design roles?
- Postings that ask for User research (+$17K, 34 postings), Interaction design (+$17K, 54 postings), HTML (+$14K, 28 postings) advertise more than the $180K median of all Visual design postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level visual design make?
- 5 junior and intern Visual design postings state pay, with a median of $80K a year ($38 an hour).
- 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 Visual design roles at companies is $180K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $138K to $212K. Counted from 215 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/visual-design/
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