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Updated: 29 Aug 2010
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Salary $34,069 - $50,388  
     
Bonus $490.25 - $2,509  
Profit Sharing $916 - $3,888  
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$30,931 - $50,913  
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Country: United States | Currency: USD | Updated: 29 Aug 2010 | Individuals Reporting: 1,843
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Companies and Industries for Web Designer Jobs

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Televox Software Incorporated Not enough data
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Perry Ellis International Not enough data
University of Chicago Not enough data
Bryn Mawr College Not enough data
Popular Industries

Salary Range

Web Development $34,175 - $50,489
Marketing, Advertising & Media Management $32,861 - $47,759
Graphic Arts / Design $33,357 - $49,325
Internet and New Media $36,125 - $52,385
Advertising Agency $33,470 - $48,466

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Key Statistics for Web Designer Jobs

Gender
Female
42%
women pay  
Male
58%
male pay
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
6%
1-4 years
57%
5-9 years
25%
10-19 years
11%
20 years or more
1%
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 64% dental benefits Dental: 49%
vision benefits Vision: 33% employee benefits None: 35%

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Career Path for Web Designer Jobs

Common Past Jobs
Common Future Jobs

Web Designer

Salary Range

$30,931 - $50,913
payscale
Graphic Artist / Designer
$28,890 - $43,694
Waiter/Waitress
$12,933 - $28,191
Sales Associate
$17,887 - $39,641
 
Common Future Jobs

Web Designer

Salary Range

$30,931 - $50,913
payscale
Web Designer & Developer
$34,997 - $59,134
Senior Web Designer
$49,904 - $76,080
Graphic Designer, Web
$31,415 - $49,457
 

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Web Designer Salary

Just ten years ago, the internet looked very different from how it does now. Bright blue or green backgrounds full of blinking text and animated .gifs abounded. Now, in the second age of the internet, that kind of amateur design style just won't cut it. The internet has become a commerce tool that few businesses, from mom-and-pop organizations to multinational corporations, can afford to ignore. To function as an effective moneymaking tool, a website must not only be attractive to the eye, but also easy and intuitive to use. Maintaining this delicate balance is the task of the modern web designer. A web designer usually has some experience with graphic design and with actually building a web page; research into user experience and effective testing strategies can also be beneficial to the art of web design. With more and more graduates entering the work force every day, it's important to have fresh, accurate salary data to back up your web design salary negotiations. PayScale's web designer salary data shows how factors such as degree, experience, location and more can affect the salary of a web designer.

What is the Starting Salary for a Web Designer?

Web design requires a great deal of technical skill, not to mention the ability to adapt quickly to new techniques and technologies. Becoming a web designer usually requires a college degree, although a wide variety of majors are relevant. View the report on the median Salary of a Web Designer by Degree/Major Subject to see which undergraduate majors could lead to higher web design salary offers. With student loans to pay off, fledgling designers all want to know: what is the starting salary for a web designer? The Web Designer Salary by Years Experience chart puts the starting salary for a web designer in the $30,000 to $40,000 range. However, this web design salary range increases fairly quickly; the median income after just five to nine years of experience is significantly higher than the starting salary for a web designer.

Cost of Living and Web Design Salary Data

When people think "computers," many of them think Silicon Valley. But measuring Web Design Salary by City shows that Seattle, home to the Microsoft headquarters and the 35,000 or so people who keep it going, holds its own when it comes to web designer salary range. Seattle is also a more affordable area in which to live than Silicon Valley; comparing Cost of Living and Web Designer Salary Data in Seattle and San Jose, we can see that Seattle's cost of living is lower almost across the board. If you're a web designer living on the East Coast, consider New York and Illinois, the eastern states in first and second place on the Web Designer Salary by State Chart. Of course, the salary of a web designer in New York might be slightly higher, but Chicago can offer web designers a lower Cost of Living.

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Web Designer - (City withheld for privacy), Tennessee, United States
A web designer is a job that I can turn into a home based business. I would like to set up my own web server service. Then I could sell web space and design in a single package.
Posted in Dream Job on 9 Aug 2009