Average Mid-Career User Experience Designer Salary

The top respondents for the job title User Experience Designer are from the companies Linkedin Corporation, EF Education First Ltd. and International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.. Reported salaries are highest at Linkedin Corporation where the average pay is $128,309. Other companies that offer high salaries for this role include The Boeing Company, earning around $95,000. EF Education First Ltd. pays the lowest at around $85,552. International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. also pays on the lower end of the scale, paying $92,829.

Skills in 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 and User Experience (UX) Design.

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 $62,240 based on 169 salaries. An early career User Experience Designer with 1-4 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $70,821 based on 1,919 salaries. An experienced User Experience Designer with 10-19 years of experience earns an average total compensation of $91,791 based on 274 salaries. In their late career (20 years and higher), employees earn an average total compensation of $96,549.

Employees with User Experience Designer in their job title in San Francisco, California earn an average of 34.6% more than the national average. These job titles also find higher than average salaries in Seattle, Washington (15.9% more) and Washington, District of Columbia (14.2% more). The lowest salaries can be found in Boston, Massachusetts (5.9% less) and Chicago, Illinois (3.7% less).