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Manager design salaries in the United States
Median $230k a year across 47 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $198k to $267k. 87% of the 54 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: $198k to $267k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Head of Product Design | $264k | 8 |
| Head of Design | $255k | 5 |
| Product Design Manager | $297k | 4 |
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
- Head of Product DesignAmplitude · San Francisco, CA$285k to $476k
- Head of Policy Design, Societal HarmsAnthropic · San Francisco, CA$330k to $395k
- Head of Industrial DesignWaymo · Mountain View, CA, US$323k to $399k
- Product Design ManagerPatreon · Remote$266k to $399k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for manager design roles in the United States?
$230k a year in base pay, across 47 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $198k to $267k.
What do the best-paid manager design roles in the United States offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $344k, and one in ten sits below $163k.
How many manager design job posts publish a salary?
87% of the 54 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 $256k against $228k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 12 and 35 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for manager design roles in the United States?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Waymo ($287k), Anthropic ($265k), Datadog ($230k).
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.