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UX Writer / Content Designer Career Market Report 2026

257 active jobs. 111 companies. Median salary $125K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

257
Active Job Openings
111
Companies Hiring
$125K
Median Salary (US)
79%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The UX Writer / Content 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: 79% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $125K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $85K to $192K.

SEO is the most-demanded skill at 44%

AI/LLM demand rose +17.0pp — fastest-growing skill

Infuse leads hiring with 64 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$5K, +4%)

Salary increase: +$5K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 34% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior4$72K$125K$135K
Mid-Level3$74K$120K$153K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$5K (4%) — 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 States6$125KUSD
Remote3$120KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.2%
Remote38.9%
Hybrid0.8%

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

Top Skills in Demand

SEO
44%
Editing
43%
AI/LLM
34%
Content Marketing
13%
Copywriting
7%
Figma
5%
Adobe Creative Suite
4%
Project Management
2%
HTML/CSS
2%
Email Marketing
2%
Videography
2%

Skills on the Rise

AI/LLM ↑+17.0ppEditing ↑+6.5ppSEO ↑+6.3ppAdobe Creative Suite ↑+3.5pp

Declining in Demand

Attention to Detail ↓-60.4ppAgile ↓-56.0ppWriting Skills ↓-53.0ppJournalism ↓-11.9ppExcel ↓-3.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Infuse6424.9%
Graphitehq31.2%
Getwingapp31.2%
Nogigiddy31.2%
Translation Empire31.2%
Mrisoftware31.2%
sigmaworld31.2%
Jobnath20.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
Remote46
United States32
India13
United Kingdom11
Canada5
Mexico4
Pakistan4
France3

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree74.8%151
Bachelor's Degree11.4%23
Master's Degree4.0%8

Certifications

CPA (2%)

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