$73,104
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$34.95
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Average additional compensation:

$4,805

Bonus

$2,750

Profit Sharing

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The average pay for a User Experience Designer is $34.95 per hour.

The average pay for a User Experience Designer is $73,104 per year.

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$0$110K
Salary $49,161 - $103,529
Bonus $613 - $11,353
Profit Sharing $493 - $10,213
Total Pay (?
XTotal Pay combines base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job. It does not include equity (stock) compensation, cash value of retirement benefits, or the value of other non-cash benefits (e.g. healthcare).
)		 $48,403 - $110,603
  • Country: United States
  • Currency: USD
  • Updated: 11 Mar 2019
  • Individuals Reporting: 3,132
Hourly Data $0$67
Hourly Rate $16.55 - $61.97
Overtime $22.86 - $67.33
Annual Data $0$110K
Bonus $613 - $11,353
Profit Sharing $493 - $10,213
Total Pay (?
XTotal Pay combines base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job. It does not include equity (stock) compensation, cash value of retirement benefits, or the value of other non-cash benefits (e.g. healthcare).
)		 $48,403 - $110,603
  • Country: United States
  • Currency: USD
  • Updated: 11 Mar 2019
  • Individuals Reporting: 388

Job Description

The user experience designer creates designs for end users that are attractive and functional; they need to make unified designs that are accessible to the target population. In addition, these designers are in charge of the design process from the mockup stage to the final product, whether it is a poster or a software application. Industrial design concepts are needed to create prototypes and simple, clean designs.

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User Experience Designer Tasks
  • Collaborate with other designers, clients, executives, engineers, and product managers to find solutions that improve user experience.
  • Create prototypes and perform user testing to guide each iteration of the design.
  • Present design concepts and deliverables that meet business and/or client requirements.

Popular Employer Salaries

$0$134K
International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.
36 profiles
$83,995
Amazon.com Inc
14 profiles
$102,125
Capital One Financial Corp
14 profiles
$91,329
Linkedin Corporation
12 profiles
$124,434
Sapient Corporation
8 profiles
$66,320
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPMCC)
8 profiles
$92,500
Microsoft Corp
7 profiles
$108,000
SAP America, Inc.
7 profiles
$92,746
Accenture
5 profiles
$79,300
Google, Inc.
5 profiles
$102,409

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Pay by Experience Level

Pay by Experience for a User Experience Designer has a positive trend. An entry-level User Experience Designer with less than 5 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $69,000 based on 1,610 salaries provided by anonymous users. Average total compensation includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay. A User Experience Designer with mid-career experience which includes employees with 5 to 10 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $83,000 based on 548 salaries. An experienced User Experience Designer which includes employees with 10 to 20 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $92,000 based on 257 salaries. A User Experience Designer with late-career experience which includes employees with greater than 20 years of experience can expect to earn an average total compensation of $97,000 based on 39 salaries.

Pay Difference by Location

Austin
▲1%
Boston
▼-2%
Chicago
▼-2%
Portland
▼-5%
National Average: $74,315

Larger city markers indicate a job is popular in that location.

Job Reviews

Q: What is it like working as an User Experience Designer?
User Experience Designer in Boston:
"The work is incredible, the career pathing is terrible."
Pros: I love the types of changes we have.
Cons: The career pathing is all politics and promotions have to be won.
User Experience Designer in Troy:
"A very good place to work at."
Pros: Work Flexibility, Low Stress levels, co operative.
Cons:
User Experience Designer in Seattle:
Pros: I like working in a multidisciplinary environment where I have the opportunity to be involved with strategic planning. I have a very good relationship with my manager and she is a great mentor. I also have gotten a lot of exposure throughout the company because I have been involved with many teams.
Cons: I don't have very much work flexibility, I have a finite amount of paid time off and the option to work from home once a month. I have also been given a very heavy workload as a junior level associate early on in my time at the company so far. It has been very high stress and we are generally understaffed and there is a very slow a bureaucratic hiring process.
User Experience Designer in New York:
"Ok."
Pros: Being a part of the process of bringing ideas to life. I love thinking about how what I'm doing is hopefully going to make someone somewhere much happier (or at least much less frustrated). Work culture is awesome. I meet really cool people.
Cons: Process and lack there of. I dislike working with clients and stakeholders who have a different vision that I don't agree with. I dislike presenting.
User Experience Designer in Raleigh:
"Stop doing... Start listening."
Listen more than you talk. I am amazed at the number of times I see people completely miss the point someone is trying to make because they are trying harder to make their own point. If you are in the UX business you have to gather told of information and really understand that information so you can make clear decisions that will influence the way people interact with your products.
User Experience Designer in Salt Lake City:
"It's A Good Gig."
Pros: Flexibility with working hours and location, the ability to take ownership of problems, opportunities for growth, great manager.
Cons: Upper management can be heavy handed, chaotic working environment, poor communication.
User Experience Designer in Fresno:
"Exciting."
Pros: Challenging New growing field.
Cons: Nothing.

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Gender

Female
56 %
Male
44 %

Job Satisfaction

Extremely satisfied		 Rated 5 out of 5
based on 493 votes.
Less than 1 year
6%
1-4 years
61%
5-9 years
21%
10-19 years
10%
20 years or more
2%
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How Experience Affects Salaries

Late-Career
▲31%
Experienced
▲24%
Mid-Career
▲12%
National Average
$74,000
Entry-Level
▼7%

How Skills Affect Salaries

Interaction Design
▲2%
User Research
▲2%
Usability Testing
▲2%
User Experience (UX) Design
▲1%
User Interface Design
▼0%
End User Requirements Research
▼0%
National Average
$74,000
Information Architecture
▼2%
Design
▼3%
Web Design
▼4%
HTML
▼4%
Adobe Photoshop
▼5%
Adobe Illustrator
▼5%
Graphic Design
▼5%
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
▼6%
Adobe InDesign
▼8%

Job Satisfaction

Extremely satisfied		 Rated 5 out of 5
based on 493 votes.

Gender

Female
56 %
Male
44 %

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year
6%
1-4 years
61%
5-9 years
21%
10-19 years
10%
20 years or more
2%

Common Health Benefits

medical benefits
Medical: 87%
dental benefits
Dental: 79%
vision benefits
Vision: 69%
no benefits
None: 13%
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