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Design salaries in United States

Name: Design — United States employer-stated salary benchmark
Creator: PayEvidence

Core conclusion

This PayEvidence salary page reports the median pay computed from the sampled employer postings for the selected role and country over the last 90 days, with the p25, p50 and p75 band shown below.

Source: https://payevidence.com/salaries (PayEvidence salary distribution, 90-day window, percentiles p25/p50/p75).

Built from 259 employer-stated ranges observed in live postings (as of 2026-10-14). Every number traces to a public source row.

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$150,000

Median

n=259 stated ranges

$105,000

P25

$181,500

P75

54.8%

Salary disclosure rate

473 open roles

Every hairline is one employer-stated range (midpoint, annual USD) from the current sample — n=259, as of 2026-10-14. Quartile markers on top; axis capped at the 98th percentile.

The one-line answer

Employers hiring Design roles in United States state a median of $150,000 annual USD (P25 $105,000, P75 $181,500), measured from 259 employer-published ranges as of 2026-10-14.

Beyond base: 32.1% of evaluated postings here mention equity, 25.4% mention bonus/commission (n=473 evaluated excerpts).

Skills mentioned in this market

Tokens that literally appear in the posting text, with n and share of open roles. Not inferred.

Skill	n	Share of open roles
Adobe Creative Suite	103	21.8%
Figma	96	20.3%
Design Systems	54	11.4%
CAD	42	8.9%
Prototyping	31	6.6%
LLM	28	5.9%
iOS	22	4.7%
A/B Testing	20	4.2%
Excel	18	3.8%
Agile	17	3.6%
Roadmapping	13	2.7%
Procurement	11	2.3%

Where would an offer land?

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P10: $78,409
P20: $94,500
P30: $115,000
P40: $137,500
P50: $150,000
P60: $165,200
P70: $176,500
P80: $192,500
P90: $215,000

Deciles of employer-stated ranges (midpoints, annual USD) for this market. Percentiles interpolate between deciles; sample statistics, not an offer recommendation.

Median over time

65 recorded days Median USD

What moved here in 30 days

ranges revised up (30d)

ranges revised down (30d)

ranges newly stated (30d)

142

closed

2026-10-13 range revised ↑ Senior Group Manager, Experience Design · datadog · 70,000–93,000 USD → 135,000–180,000 USD
2026-10-13 range revised ↑ Certification Manager · 84674th44metrea9999 · 135,000–150,000 USD → 150,000–180,000 USD
2026-10-13 range stated Roadway Designer · alfredbeneschco · 62,400–83,200 USD

Change events derived from consecutive dated observations of this market. Full stream: API →

Who is being hired here

Share of levelable roles in this market, by level. 64.7% of the 473 open roles here carry a level signal in the title; the rest are excluded, not guessed.

Composition

21.1% of open roles here are remote-eligible, and Manager roles are the largest slice at 35.0% of postings.

Stated pay by level

Each bar spans P25–P75 of employer-stated ranges for that level, with the median marked; levels are ordered by career ladder, not by pay, so an inversion between two rungs stays visible. Roles whose title carries no level signal are excluded rather than parked in a middle bucket. Rungs are drawn at n>=10; thinner levels stay in the table below with their sample size.

Seniority	n	P25	Median	P75
Principal	4	$178,500	$237,500	$237,500
Staff	9	$183,200	$210,500	$210,500
Director	28	$155,000	$207,500	$250,000
Manager	56	$137,500	$157,500	$180,000
Senior	55	$124,260	$144,000	$168,000
Junior	10	$80,000	$82,000	$97,500
Intern	3	$52,000	$63,440	$68,640

levels shown only at n≥3 · USD comparisons use dated reference FX; original local ranges are retained.

Companies behind these numbers (United States)

Company	Sector	Open roles	Stated ranges
2k	gaming	13	11	View roles →
accenturefederalservices	services	10	10	View roles →
rrdonnelley	—	9	9	View roles →
turnertownsend	—	22	8	View roles →
suno	—	8	8	View roles →
kpffconsultingengineers	—	9	7	View roles →
brex	fintech	7	7	View roles →
harvey	ai	6	6	View roles →
nbcuniversal3	—	6	6	View roles →
servicenow	—	6	6	View roles →
atwellgroup	—	10	5	View roles →
okta	software	6	5	View roles →

Level benchmarks in this market

Manager n=56 Senior n=55 Director n=28 Junior n=10

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