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Product Designer Career Market Report 2026

2,319 active jobs. 1,233 companies. Median salary $150K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

2,319
Active Job Openings
1,233
Companies Hiring
$150K
Median Salary (US)
85%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Product 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: 85% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $150K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $125K to $220K.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 62%

Figma demand rose +9.5pp — fastest-growing skill

Jobgether leads hiring with 61 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$27K, +23%)

Salary increase: +$27K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 62% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior203$120K$147K$192K
Staff106$148K$176K$240K
Mid-Level38$90K$120K$169K
Lead26$140K$172K$221K
Junior12$78K$110K$180K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$27K (23%) — 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 States231$155KUSD
Remote103$155KUSD
Canada16$145KUSD
United Kingdom12$75KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site7.7%
Remote30.8%
Hybrid4.5%

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

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
62%
Figma
46%
R
12%
Adobe Creative Suite
10%
HTML/CSS
10%
Android
7%
iOS
7%
Sketch
6%
React
5%
Quality Assurance
5%
JavaScript
4%
A/B Testing
4%

Skills on the Rise

Figma ↑+9.5ppAI/LLM ↑+9.4ppJavaScript ↑+4.5ppA/B Testing ↑+3.7ppR ↑+3.0pp

Declining in Demand

Mental Health ↓-8.7ppAttention to Detail ↓-8.5ppAgile ↓-7.7ppJournalism ↓-4.6ppExcel ↓-4.1pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Jobgether612.6%
Adobe241.0%
Hyphenconnect180.8%
Toss130.6%
Tide110.5%
Airapps110.5%
Clio100.4%
Okx100.4%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States745
Remote305
United Kingdom146
India77
Canada70
Germany35
France32
Spain31

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree61.8%1,216
Master's Degree11.9%235
Bachelor's Degree3.8%75
PhD / Doctorate0.2%4
MBA0.1%1

Certifications

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

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