Average User Experience Designer Salary

The top respondents for the job title User Experience Designer are from the companies International Business Machines (IBM) Corp., Capital One Financial Corp and SAP. Reported salaries are highest at Linkedin Corporation where the average pay is $126,474. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc, earning around $111,383 and $110,000, respectively. International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. pays the lowest at around $89,395. Capital One Financial Corp and SAS Institute Inc. also pay on the lower end of the scale, paying $93,558 and $95,453, respectively.

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

An entry-level User Experience Designer with less than 1 year experience can expect to earn an average total compensation (includes tips, bonus, and overtime pay) of $62,695 based on 153 salaries. An early career User Experience Designer with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $71,777 based on 1,597 salaries. A mid-career User Experience Designer with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $86,332 based on 504 salaries. An experienced User Experience Designer with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $92,512 based on 215 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $98,445.

Employees with User Experience Designer in their job title in San Francisco, California earn an average of 32.4% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Seattle, Washington (12.4% more) and Austin, Texas (2.8% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Atlanta, Georgia (1.4% less).