Across 576 live US postings for design roles with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $150,000–$205,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.
Measured November 2026 · n=576 US postings with salary
Design salary: $150,000–$205,000 a year, measured from live postings.
Every number below comes from 1,490 tracked live design postings. No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.
- The median design posting offers $150,000–$205,000 a year (n=576, USD).
- 27.5% of the 1,490 live design postings are remote.
- The middle half of postings (25th–75th percentile) top out between $175,775–$248,450 a year. The median alone hides how wide that spread is.
- Builds AI design roles list $220,920–$311,890, vs $143,370–$195,500 at Little AI.
Median salary by seniority (USD / year)
Seniority as tagged on the posting. Both salary bounds required.
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | 3 | $85,170–$85,170 |
| Junior | 20 | $99,300–$130,000 |
| Mid-level | 105 | $120,000–$161,700 |
| Senior | 321 | $150,000–$205,000 |
| Lead | 94 | $184,500–$255,500 |
Remote vs on-site (USD / year)
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Remote | 181 | $170,000–$228,200 |
| On-site / hybrid | 395 | $141,000–$191,000 |
Jobs that build AI vs the rest
| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
|---|---|---|
| Builds AI | 1 | $220,920–$311,890 |
| Little AI | 362 | $143,370–$195,500 |
Companies hiring design roles
Method
US-dollar postings with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 576 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.
Sample: design postings at tech companies tracked by Level (1,490 live postings in this category on the measured date). Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.
All amounts are USD per year. Every median and quartile below excludes hourly-rate postings (a listed maximum under $1,000, almost always an hourly rate, not a salary) and mid-range postings that are neither clearly hourly nor clearly annual (maximum between $1,000 and $10,000). Mixing either into an annual median would understate the real number. The middle 50% of postings top out between $175,775–$248,450 (25th–75th percentile).
Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.
Source: O*NET OnLine (U.S. Dept. of Labor): Web and Digital Interface Designers (SOC 15-1255.00).
How many design roles jobs are remote?
27.5% of the 576 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.
Does the AI level of the job change the pay?
In this sample, 3 postings build AI and 1,064 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.