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Design salaries in the United States
Median $183k a year across 603 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $153k to $223k. 87% of the 695 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $153k to $223k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Anthropicmedian of 7 published bands$345k
Patreonmedian of 2 published bands$285k
Rampmedian of 6 published bands$272k
AngelListmedian of 3 published bands$270k
OpenAImedian of 14 published bands$268k
Notionmedian of 2 published bands$266k
Rendermedian of 4 published bands$259k
Mercormedian of 2 published bands$256k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Product Designer | $176k | 45 |
| Senior Product Designer | $183k | 36 |
| Staff Product Designer | $230k | 27 |
| Brand Designer | $142k | 21 |
| Senior Brand Designer | $167k | 10 |
| Creative Director | $245k | 8 |
| Head of Product Design | $264k | 8 |
| Director, Product Design | $265k | 7 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Product Design ManagerSense Talent Labs · Bengaluru, KA, IN$55k to $2400k
- Head of DesignVanta · Remote$365k to $513k
- Product Designer, GrowthAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$305k to $460k
- Head of Product DesignAmplitude · San Francisco, CA$285k to $476k
- Director, Product DesignRamp · Remote$320k to $440k
- Product Design Lead, Growth - CodexOpenAI · Remote$347k to $405k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for design roles in the United States?
$183k a year in base pay, across 603 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $153k to $223k.
What do the best-paid design roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $260k, and one in ten sits below $130k.
How many design job posts publish a salary?
87% of the 695 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote design roles in the United States pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of $192k against $183k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 191 and 412 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for design roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Anthropic ($345k), Patreon ($285k), Ramp ($272k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.