Average UX Designer Salary

The top respondents for the job title UX Designer are from the companies Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.. Reported salaries are highest at Google, Inc. where the average pay is $123,000. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, earning around $116,118 and $113,482, respectively. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. pays the lowest at around $53,829. Capital One Financial Corp and Accenture also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying $79,718 and $81,901, respectively.

Skills in User Experience (UX) Design, User Research and Interaction Design are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that pay less than market rate include Graphic Design and User Interface Design.

An entry-level UX Designer with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $62,558 based on 310 salaries. An early career UX Designer with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $71,108 based on 3,775 salaries. A mid-career UX Designer with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $83,263 based on 1,216 salaries. An experienced UX Designer with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $94,727 based on 483 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $97,896.

Employees with UX Designer in their job title in San Francisco, California earn an average of 30.9% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Seattle, Washington (11.5% more) and New York, New York (6.9% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Chicago, Illinois (4.5% less) and Boston, Massachusetts (0.2% less).