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UX Designer Career Market Report 2026

905 active jobs. 434 companies. Median salary $128K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

905
Active Job Openings
434
Companies Hiring
$128K
Median Salary (US)
77%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The UX 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: 77% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $128K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $95K to $196K.

Remote roles pay 12% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

Figma is the most-demanded skill at 47%

Figma demand rose +10.7pp — fastest-growing skill

Amazon leads hiring with 29 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Lead → Staff (+$62K, +47%)

Salary increase: +$62K · Sample: Lead → Staff

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 42% 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
Senior44$100K$116K$160K
Staff35$160K$194K$218K
Mid-Level12$80K$96K$135K
Junior9$54K$90K$115K
Lead8$124K$132K$200K

What jumps out

Lead → Staff: +$62K (47%) — 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 States66$120KUSD
Remote17$135KUSD
United Kingdom7$25KGBP
Canada3$80KCAD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.1%
Remote14.0%
Hybrid5.2%

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

Top Skills in Demand

Figma
47%
AI/LLM
42%
Adobe Creative Suite
29%
HTML/CSS
21%
JavaScript
12%
R
12%
Sketch
11%
Project Management
6%
Quality Assurance
6%
iOS
5%
Data Analysis
5%
SCRUM
5%

Skills on the Rise

Figma ↑+10.7ppAdobe Creative Suite ↑+8.4ppAI/LLM ↑+6.0ppiOS ↑+5.2ppSCRUM ↑+4.8pp

Declining in Demand

Agile ↓-19.3ppMental Health ↓-12.8ppAttention to Detail ↓-10.7ppSustainability ↓-5.2ppJournalism ↓-5.2pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Amazon293.2%
Cgsfederal202.2%
Collabera151.7%
Twitch80.9%
Mindlance80.9%
Accenturefederalservices70.8%
Jobgether70.8%
sterry70.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States269
Remote80
India55
United Kingdom32
Canada25
Singapore12
Philippines11
Germany10

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree53.0%368
Master's Degree15.9%110
Bachelor's Degree11.2%78
PhD / Doctorate0.3%2

Certifications

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

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