Average Fashion Designer Salary

The top respondents for the job title Fashion Designer are from the companies Under Armour, Inc., Steve Madden, Ltd. and Nike, Inc.. Reported salaries are highest at The Gap Inc. where the average pay is $105,260. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include G-Iii Apparel Group and Polo Ralph Lauren Corp, earning around $80,000 and $77,472, respectively. Under Armour, Inc. pays the lowest at around $53,101. Nike, Inc. and Steve Madden, Ltd. also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying $64,341 and $69,729, respectively.

Skills in Design, Adobe Illustrator, Product Development and Technical Garment Knowledge are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Adobe Photoshop.

An entry-level Fashion Designer with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $45,677 based on 69 salaries. An early career Fashion Designer with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $54,457 based on 527 salaries. A mid-career Fashion Designer with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $68,143 based on 588 salaries. An experienced Fashion Designer with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $82,253 based on 347 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $92,004.

Employees with Fashion Designer in their job title in San Francisco, California earn an average of 15.6% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in New York, New York (8.8% more) and Los Angeles, California (1.9% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Dallas, Texas (13.6% less), Portland, Oregon (11.1% less) and Boston, Massachusetts (2.9% less).