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Senior design salaries in the United States

Median $179k a year across 138 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $155k to $188k. 87% of the 158 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.

$179k
Median base
per year
$155k to $188k
Middle half
25th to 75th percentile
$135k to $208k
Most bands
10th to 90th percentile
138
Postings counted
live, with a band
How the published bands spread138 postings
$120k$217k

The middle half: $155k to $188k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.

Design in the United States, by level

Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.

$178k
Remote postings, median
54 postings
$180k
On-site and hybrid, median
84 postings

By job title

TitleMedianPostings
Senior Product Designer$183k36
Senior Brand Designer$167k10
Senior CAD Designer$148k3
Sr. Product Designer$180k3

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Questions this data answers

What is the median salary for senior design roles in the United States?

$179k a year in base pay, across 138 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $155k to $188k.

What do the best-paid senior design roles in the United States offer?

One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $208k, and one in ten sits below $135k.

How many senior design job posts publish a salary?

87% of the 158 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 $178k against $180k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 54 and 84 postings respectively.

Which companies pay the most for senior design roles in the United States?

Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Snowflake ($227k), Ivo ($215k), Vanta ($215k).

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.