Making Design | Average Salary Survey 2021

Salary Levels (USD) per Year

Surveys

Earning Percent

$10,000 USD - $14,999 USD

100%
0.48%

$15,000 USD - $19,999 USD

n/a

$20,000 USD - $24,999 USD

99.52%
4.78%

$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD

94.74%
4.31%

$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD

90.43%
10.05%

$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD

80.38%
5.26%

$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD

75.12%
7.66%

$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD

67.46%
7.66%

$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD

59.81%
12.92%

$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD

46.89%
6.22%

$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD

40.67%
7.18%

$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD

33.49%
5.74%

$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD

27.75%
4.31%

$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD

23.44%
4.31%

$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD

19.14%
2.39%

$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD

16.75%
2.39%

$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD

14.35%
0.96%

$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD

13.4%
1.44%

$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD

11.96%
3.83%

$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD

n/a

$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD

8.13%
0.96%

$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD

7.18%
0.48%

$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD

6.7%
1.44%

$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD

5.26%
0.48%

$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD

4.78%
1.44%

$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD

n/a

$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD

3.35%
0.96%

$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD

n/a

High salaries

$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD

2.39%
1.44%

$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD

n/a

$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD

n/a

$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD

n/a

$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD

n/a

$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD

0.96%
0.96%

$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD

n/a

$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD

n/a

$230,000 USD - $239,999 USD

n/a

$240,000 USD - $249,999 USD

n/a

$250,000 USD - $349,999 USD

n/a

Surveys

Average Salary / Year

Men

$71,758 USD

Women

$58,227 USD

Surveys

Average Salary / Year

Doctorate Degree

$135,000 USD

Masters Degree

$75,160 USD

Bachelors Degree

144

$58,300 USD

Some College

$56,541 USD

High School

$40,000 USD

Bellow H. School

$20,666 USD

Surveys

Average Salary / Year

20+ Years

$88,758 USD

12-16 Years

$78,657 USD

8-12 Years

$72,271 USD

16-20 Years

$67,437 USD

4-8 Years

$57,558 USD

2-4 Years

$49,877 USD

1-2 Years

$41,671 USD

0-1 Year

$39,351 USD

Surveys

Average Salary / Year

71-75

$200,000 USD

56-60

$103,200 USD

66-70

$86,500 USD

46-50

$82,000 USD

36-40

$80,687 USD

61-65

$76,056 USD

41-45

$72,125 USD

31-35

$71,237 USD

51-55

$65,000 USD

26-30

$56,170 USD

n/a

$48,947 USD

21-25

$45,206 USD

14-20

$30,166 USD

Surveys

Average Salary / Year

Self Employed

$74,062 USD

Contract

$66,416 USD

Permanent

173

$59,203 USD

Part Time

$36,593 USD

Surveys

Average Salary / Year

Colorado

$92,071 USD

Minnesota

$78,811 USD

New York State

$76,506 USD

Virginia

$70,500 USD

Tennessee

$67,748 USD

Washington State

$65,000 USD

California

$64,546 USD

Florida

$64,000 USD

Texas

$61,058 USD

Alabama

$60,000 USD

Kentucky

$60,000 USD

Maryland

$59,500 USD

Rhode Island

$58,333 USD

Ohio

$57,714 USD

Georgia

$57,426 USD

Utah

$56,964 USD

Missouri

$54,666 USD

Illinois

$52,450 USD

Wisconsin

$52,250 USD

District Of Columbia (DC)

$52,125 USD

Michigan

$51,960 USD

Massachusetts

$50,083 USD

North Carolina

$47,000 USD

Pennsylvania

$44,456 USD

Hawaii

$40,000 USD

New Jersey

$39,500 USD

Iowa

$35,000 USD

Vermont

$28,480 USD

Arizona

$26,000 USD

Alaska

$21,000 USD

Surveys

Average Salary / Year

Colorado Springs

$160,000 USD

Orlando

$131,000 USD

Cleveland

$95,000 USD

Norfolk

$95,000 USD

San Bernardino

$93,000 USD

Houston

$87,373 USD

Rochester

$85,000 USD

Minneapolis

$78,811 USD

Memphis

$78,122 USD

San Francisco

$77,966 USD

New York City

$75,900 USD

Los Angeles

$71,243 USD

Seattle

$71,000 USD

Austin

$65,200 USD

Denver

$64,900 USD

Kansas City

$64,000 USD

San Antonio

$63,000 USD

Fresno

$60,000 USD

Birmingham, United States

$60,000 USD

Louisville

$60,000 USD

Detroit

$59,950 USD

Baltimore

$59,500 USD

Fort Lauderdale

$59,400 USD

Atlanta

$59,058 USD

Providence

$58,333 USD

Arlington

$58,000 USD

Salt Lake City

$56,964 USD

Irvine

$56,000 USD

Fort Worth

$55,000 USD

Akron

$54,000 USD

Riverside

$53,391 USD

Tacoma

$53,000 USD

Chicago

$52,450 USD

Milwaukee

$52,250 USD

Washington DC

$52,125 USD

Dallas

$51,833 USD

Boston

$50,083 USD

San Diego

$47,666 USD

--Other--

$47,025 USD

Charlotte

$47,000 USD

Nashville

$47,000 USD

Augusta

$46,000 USD

Virginia Beach

$46,000 USD

Columbus

$45,666 USD

Philadelphia

$45,300 USD

Pittsburgh

$43,050 USD

Plano

$42,500 USD

San Jose

$42,000 USD

Honolulu

$40,000 USD

Jersey City

$39,500 USD

St. Louis

$36,000 USD

Des Moines

$35,000 USD

Burlington, Vermont

$28,480 USD

Sacramento

$26,333 USD

Ontario

$25,000 USD

Anchorage

$21,000 USD

Tampa

$20,000 USD

Grand Rapids

$20,000 USD

Surveys

Average Salary / Year

Set Designer

$95,000 USD

Plastics Component Designer

$93,000 USD

Design Manager

$91,384 USD

User Interface Designer

$86,080 USD

Mechanical Designer

$81,379 USD

Sport Equipment Designer

$80,000 USD

Furniture Designer

$78,333 USD

Animation, Video Designer

$78,000 USD

Shoe Designer

$77,122 USD

Electrical Designer

$73,900 USD

Interaction Designer

$71,250 USD

Car, Automotive Designer

$70,000 USD

Industrial Designer

$68,133 USD

Designer

$64,410 USD

Web Designer

$61,233 USD

Other Designer Career

$55,240 USD

Kitchen Designer

$54,900 USD

Jewelry Designer

$53,750 USD

Instructional Designer

$53,000 USD

Game Designer

$50,000 USD

Graphic Designer

$47,830 USD

Landscape Designer

$47,333 USD

Textile Designer

$47,000 USD

Interior Designer

$44,212 USD

Flash Designer

$27,000 USD

Lighting Designer

$25,000 USD

Sound Designer

$25,000 USD

Floral Designer

$12,000 USD

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Senior Art Director

Added 30 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Adobe software, html,."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Interior Design Manager

Added 26 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Social media marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Salt Lake City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$29,000 USD

Experience Designer

Added 24 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"User experience design, specific platform certifications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Orlando	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$131,000 USD

Designer

Added 10 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cad drawings, 3d modeling, short animation, 3D renders, BOM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Austin	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$47,000 USD

Interior Designer

Added 18 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Responsible for producing high-quality project design deliverables in both FF&E and construction documents. A Junior Designer can work on any/all phases of development including Pre- Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, and Construction Administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
New York City	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$58,000 USD

Foreman

Added 10 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Foreman for a Laser Etcher Engraver, for monumental's, etc. . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Augusta	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	$46,000 USD

Graphic Designer

Added 02 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design and layout graphics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
San Jose	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$34,000 USD

Owner/designer

Added 15 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design, develop and create community-supported product lines using local artists and manufacturers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Kansas City	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$75,000 USD

Ux Designer & Researcher

Added 08 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Designing data-driven user experiences in software and web. Wireframes, graphics, user personas, usability testing, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Tacoma	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$56,000 USD

Landscape Design

Added 23 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"To create 2D and 3D landscape designs, including 3D videos. Some estimating."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Chicago	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$55,000 USD

Plumbing & Fire Protection Engineer

Added 11 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"To design according to applicable codes and standards."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
New York City	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$85,000 USD

Senior Designer

Added 05 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Service design, design research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
New York City	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$110,000 USD

Co Founder

Added 15 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I head up design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Fort Lauderdale	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

Creative Director

Added 14 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Creative Director at a custom software development company. Focused on UX/UI."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Minneapolis	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$150,000 USD

Furniture Designer

Added 19 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consult, design, build, sales, bookkeeping."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Denver	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Graphic Designer

Added 06 January 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Creating social graphics, and printable graphics, trade show booth design, and promotional products, brand awareness."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Dallas	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$45,000 USD

Interior Designer

Added 24 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage the designing and assembling of buildings and houses."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
St. Louis	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	$36,000 USD

Mechanical Engineer

Added 17 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineer engineer engineer engineer engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Austin	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$119,000 USD

Advocate

Added 17 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales, Support, bugs and features. I do it all!."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
San Jose	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	$50,000 USD

Mechanical Engineer

Added 03 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Prototypes, CAD, design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Austin	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

Senior Design Director

Added 27 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Come up with designs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
New York City	Doctorate Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

Creative Director

Added 09 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Art direction photography graphic design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Minneapolis	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$125,000 USD

Marketing Graphic Designer

Added 20 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Do design work to advertise and market my specific company including all social media bases."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
New York City	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	$30,600 USD

Associate Event Planning

Added 07 March 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Creating full service events including weddings and corporate events along with social media and small amount of marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Los Angeles	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$40,000 USD

Floral Designs

Added 18 December 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"I make floral arrangements. i use various different flowers, some are roses, some are daisies."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Washington DC	Bellow H. School	1-2 Years	n/a	$12,000 USD

Design Manager / Art Director

Added 21 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage Brand team
Oversee all visual design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Seattle	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$110,000 USD

Mobile App Designer

Added 04 October 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create front end designs for a mobile app."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Tampa	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$20,000 USD

Color Separations

Added 24 July 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Prepare finished graphics to print with offset press process."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Seattle	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$64,000 USD

Interior Designer

Added 12 July 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"I provide space planning and interior design consulting to my clients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Atlanta	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$50,000 USD

Ux Ui Designer

Added 07 July 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"I design user experience for iOS and Web Applications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Los Angeles	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$100,000 USD

Interaction Design

Added 29 June 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create mockups, wireframes, and prototypes. Style guides and Desing Systems. Ensure User Research is being conducted and changes appropriated to applications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Memphis	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$77,000 USD

MAKING DESIGN / UNITED STATES SALARY

$59,889 USD

£42,963 GBP

$52,000 USD

£37,304 GBP

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MOST RECENT SALARY SURVEYS

Senior Art Director

$70,000 USD

Interior Design Manager

$29,000 USD

Experience Designer

$131,000 USD

Designer

$47,000 USD

Interior Designer

$58,000 USD

Foreman

$46,000 USD

Graphic Designer

$34,000 USD

Owner/designer

$75,000 USD

Ux Designer & Researcher

$56,000 USD

Landscape Design

$55,000 USD

Plumbing & Fire Protection Engineer

$85,000 USD

Senior Designer

$110,000 USD

Co Founder

$80,000 USD

Creative Director

$150,000 USD

Furniture Designer

$120,000 USD

Graphic Designer

$45,000 USD

Interior Designer

$36,000 USD

Mechanical Engineer

$119,000 USD

Advocate

$50,000 USD

Mechanical Engineer

$80,000 USD

Senior Design Director

$70,000 USD

Creative Director

$125,000 USD

Marketing Graphic Designer

$30,600 USD

Associate Event Planning

$40,000 USD

Floral Designs

$12,000 USD

Design Manager / Art Director

$110,000 USD

Mobile App Designer

$20,000 USD

Color Separations

$64,000 USD

Interior Designer

$50,000 USD

Ux Ui Designer

$100,000 USD

Interaction Design

$77,000 USD

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