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Instructional Designer Career Market Report 2026

321 active jobs. 99 companies. Median salary $69K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

321
Active Job Openings
99
Companies Hiring
$69K
Median Salary (US)
86%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Instructional Designer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 86% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $69K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $65K to $101K.

Remote roles pay 9% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 68%

Adobe Creative Suite demand rose +20.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Infuse leads hiring with 137 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$15K, +24%)

Salary increase: +$15K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 68% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior9$69K$69K$125K
Mid-Level6$75K$80K$120K
Junior5$65K$65K$81K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$15K (24%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States12$71KUSD
Remote3$64KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.9%
Remote49.8%
Hybrid1.9%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
68%
Adobe Creative Suite
20%
Project Management
16%
HTML/CSS
4%
Vendor Management
3%
Videography
3%
TypeScript
2%
Figma
2%
Adobe Premiere
2%
Onboarding
2%

Skills on the Rise

Adobe Creative Suite ↑+20.2ppProject Management ↑+3.7ppHTML/CSS ↑+3.6ppVendor Management ↑+3.2pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-6.9ppCurriculum Development ↓-5.7ppEditing ↓-4.9ppEducational Technology ↓-4.5ppExcel ↓-3.7pp

Generic skills excluded: Recruiting. These appear in most postings across all roles.

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Infuse13742.7%
Collabera134.0%
Prosidianconsulting82.5%
Semperis41.2%
Bah41.2%
Analogdevices41.2%
Denverhealth30.9%
Infoprolearning30.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
Remote150
United States89
India9
Canada4
Ireland4
Colombia2
Hungary2
Mexico2

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree71.8%199
Master's Degree13.7%38
Bachelor's Degree8.3%23
PhD / Doctorate0.4%1

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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