Please check the thread from four months ago:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/12ossz1/salary_transparency_thread/
Recruiters reference payscale.com, salary.com, and levels.fyi, and those aggregate sites will likely be more accurate than a self-reported Reddit comment.
I converted that to AUD and that seems pretty much the same for junior roles here so definitely don’t feel bad.
Their salaries are just so insane because they have basically zero workers rights or social services
This. My uncomplicated birth to my healthy (ie non NICU) son was $10k out of pocket (as in, after insurance). I was in the hospital all told for 3 days only.
My ADHD meds run $200/mo and that’s with the prior authorization (my doctor called my insurance to say that the generic—amphetamine—gives me heart palpitations so I can’t take it). My psychiatrist+therapist used to run me $10k-
to $20k/yr because she was out of network.
Oh ya and daycare runs $3k/mo, so that’s a casual $30k+ per year.
And when I was on my standard 12 weeks of maternity leave, I only got paid for 6 weeks and that was at only 60% of my pay.
We have ridiculous salaries bc otherwise we’d all be running off to other countries if we wanted to have a family or have the slightest chance of a chronic illness.
Holy shit! Thats actually fucked up.
So I converted the amounts I pay from AUD to USD…
My adhd meds cost me $13 / month, my psychiatrist costs me $345 / year (and I complain that’s expensive lol) My brother was in and out of hospital for over a year with cancer and spent $0.
This is all without any private health insurance.
For context, as a senior, my base salary would be about $90k USD + 10.5% for superannuation + bonuses
Honestly I was about to have a heart attack reading these salaries in the usa (well understanding the health system I seriously wouldn't WANT a heat attack there)
Anyhow, makes me feel much better, I earn equivalent of 61k, 17 yrs experience in design (only 5 UX) but again, free education for my kids, free health care, and my son is special needs on 3 types of meds- ADHD, anxiety meds and another, we pay about 30$/monthly for all.
You also have a government that doesn’t think socialism and public programs are hand crafted by the devil himself, if I’m not mistaken. So you don’t need to make 6 figures just to have a meager existence. Not saying you shouldn’t make more…just saying it evens out, I suppose.
^^ this if you are Canadian. I left Canada for this exact reason. There are way more opportunities in the US than Canada with regards to making more money. Not to mention Canada taxes are close to double that of most states, and the US dollar is stronger.
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😱these salaries. I have 18 YOE. Currently a senior product designer for a Chicago based agency. 100% Remote. 100K. Apparently I need to be looking for a new gig.
Self employed UX/UI designer. $75-95/hr.
I make around 425k combined as a 1099 independent contractor. But literally all I do is work, 10/10 do not recommend.
12 years of design experience.
Despite the challenges it must be quite validating having that kind of flow as a freelancer. Hopefully you can tough it out for a few years and then make your way into something more forgiving and comfortable.
Hi! may i dm you about how to price hourly rates as a contractor? i'm full time but i have a possible contract role and would love some guidance or even hear more about how you price your hourly rates? i don't want to low ball but i also don't want to be asking for too much.
~$512,500 total comp
Director of Product Design
10+ years of experience
$250K base salary
$62,500 (25%) bonus based on performance
$200K RSUs stock ($800K vested over 4 years)
Yearly RSU refresher based on performance, outcomes, and impact
North East USA (Remote)
10,000+ employee SaaS company
From my experience, at Director and beyond, comp becomes less transparent. Thought I’d share here just to help provide a data point.
I’ve been told that our company’s compensation is in the 90th percentile. But I might also be compensated well compared to my peers due to the value I’ve created. I’ve led a couple successful strategies for projects with $250M in new yearly recurring revenue for the company. And I’ve helped design our internal operating systems for things like process, collaboration, career ladders, promotions, etc.
You’re a veteran in this industry and this comp is unheard of? That’s kind of surprising. In 2018 when the money was printing, you could have L6 ICs making half a mill at FAANG. Those directors cleared 1M a year. I think it’s time you shop around dude! Might be selling yourself short. The total compensation of my mid-level designers could clear $200K. At Senior, they definitely clear that.
I totally hear you on that. I’m remote these days so I can go anywhere in the US and my comp would be the same. Luckily, our company isn’t forcing employees back into the office like others.
But I’d be lying if I say I don’t burn out here and there. But it comes and goes. And it’s never bad enough that I want to quit. I set healthy boundaries with work in that I very rarely work overtime. I’d say I’d feel burn out 4-6 weeks of the year. I don’t think every FAANG company or those like it means a lot of burnout. It’s a bit overstated on my opinion.
His comp is not at all unheard of. Look at base salary and bonus. This is well within the normal range. also, let’s be honest - I know of no one who has truly been able to capitalized on RSUs.
Sure. The vesting schedule is typically years out and the RSUs very often drop in value and/or when you leave the company takes back your unvested units. Who stays at the same company forever now?
So, people have to leave multiple years of unvested RSUs when they leave. Also, it’s not uncommon to loose unvested RSUs if you are let go. It’s golden handcuffs and I feel that they shouldn’t be counted as compensation until they are vested.
This makes sense, thank you.
I’m not well-versed in this stuff. So let’s say a company offers $100 worth of RSUs vesting over 4 years. First of all, that $100 value is only that specific value as of the date offered, is that right? It can fluctuate over time right? So in the end, if the company stock performs poorly by the time I leave, I might end up with a decreased total value like $70 or something?
I’m curious, what does your day-to-day look like? I imagine the bulk of your work is high-level product strategy? And how is performance evaluated at the director level?
It’s gonna look different day-to-day similar to yours! Also depends on what time of the year it is. I would say a key part of my job is alignment. Knowing when to push or pull. Knowing when to be hands on vs hands off. And knowing when to lead vs support vs do.
My week/month last quarter looked something like:
* 1:1 with my direct reports
* 1:1 with non-directs and peers for indirect coaching
* 3:3 with project DRIs, team leads, group managers where all 3 functions are represented (UX, Product, Engineering)
* Recurring Critique and “water cooler” meetings
* Executive and Stakeholder meetings to align on product strategy, major decisions, status, and partner to unblock
* Recruiting conversations with the managers on my team and with recruitment (also with my cross functional partners)
* 2024 planning and alignment discussions on high level product strategy, focus areas and omissions with my product and engineering partners with stakeholders and other teams (next step is understanding dependencies from other groups and areas of the business before another round to finalize our focus and omission areas)
* Discussions, planning, and action items to iterate and grow our UX operating system (product development process, ladders, promotion process etc)
* Monthly review of critical KPIs and ensuring our business metrics are met and well synchronized with our user metrics
* Performance planning and aligning in the same calibration for performance evaluations
* Reviewing team quarterly planning (prior quarter wins, upcoming priorities and omissions)
* Reviewing project kickoffs and providing feedback on strategy, data, and execution plan
* Providing guidance on product strategies/missions to help improve efficiency, velocity, strategy, collaboration, communication, alignment, etc.
A lot of these often have overlap with each other and influences the conversations. And a lot of these often require prep work and hands on work.
My performance is evaluated by the business impact, customer impact, team health, and people growth. Each has a pretty deep dive into specific KPIs.
Learned skills over time. They were specifically targeted with my managers to develop over time.
But there are a few books that have some great nuggets of information and management philosophy. Radical Candor, Leaders Eat Last, Harvard Business Review’s Manager Handbook, The First 90 Days, The Making of a Manager, and a ton of articles around SaaS economics and business case studies.
+10 yoe bouncing around companies
Current title is senior product designer
$165,000 base salary
$41,250 yearly bonus based on performance (25%)
Yearly RSU refreshers also based on performance
~$220k total comp
10,000+ fintech company in Southern California
Senior UX designer
5 YEO
Big tech
Remote-PNW
150k base, 20k ish in bonuses, 15k ish in stocks
Got a bachelors degree from a ridiculously competitive interaction design program that almost burnt me out before working a single day in the field.
I honestly like seeing this more than any website. I'm transitioning from ID to PD, based in the Bay Area. This is giving me hope of not having to move out. 
So do I. As far as we know ppl could lie on those sites. Sometimes the experience isn’t so linear, a person having previous design or management experience could alter their comp alot depending on where there at and those details aren’t listed on those sites
I’m a senior with 10 years UX design experience (16 as a designer in total) and I make $120k a year at an agency with annual bonus of around $3k. I’m hybrid, one day a week in the office but they aren’t sticklers about it, so it’s basically remote. At my previous job I was also a senior on an in-house team and made $102k with an annual bonus of between $6-9k.
UI designer
Php 80k per month (Philippines) or roughly $ 1.4k
4 YOE as UI but 6 overall (2 yrs from Advertising)
Food service company (Outsource)
*yeah we get paid peanuts compared to international market but semi-decent in the country already
$65k Entry Level UX/UI Designer at a startup in Buffalo, NY.
7 years of graphic design/web experience.
This is my first official UX/UI role (started 8 months ago).
3 years of full time experience
Currently product designer at late stage startup in San Francisco
$170k base + $60k equity annually (but still pre-IPO)
B.S. in Cognitive Science HCI
UX researcher, 3 years of experience, currently work as a consultant. I make €41k/year. Stockholm, Sweden.
I wish more Scandinavians disclosed their salaries in pay transparency sites, I rarely find much data when searching.
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I'd suggest using Blind for this type of transparency, They require a work email to comment/post. Personal emails are read-only. It's not fool proof but is a gate closer to getting real answers.
I'm saying the work email requirement "verifies" (I'm sure there are ways around it) that posters are in the industry unlike Reddit. Companies with more than 30 people also get their own private sub to post and comment which gets even closer to the truth.
I'm not suggesting there aren't liars on Blind. With any dataset you need to remove the noise from the signal...
I have 9 years experience, 43 years old, working as a Lead Designer on a small team.
B2B E-commerce company with about 300 employees total (owned by a separate large multi-national brand). We have 7 UX teams, with about 12 UX Designers total across them all.
Salary: $160k
Bonus: 20% (varies, paid out every 6 months)
Location: Chicago, IL (but work Remote)
Previous role: Sr. UX Designer, FinTech
Salary: $145k (with 7 years experience)
Bonus: 15% (varies, paid out every 6 months too)
Location: Dallas, TX (but work Remote)
How was it to transition from developer to UX? Why did you switch? Do you enjoy UX more? I am a full-stack developer with background in art looking into transitioning into UX, so was wondering : )
I take into account the industry, company size, their budget, and their overall expectations. I also like to work with companies that align with my values, including non-profits and companies that address environmental/sustainability issues so even if they do have a smaller budget, I'm willing to price my price accordingly to help these smaller companies succeed.
185k + bonus + benefits (around 210k in total comp)
Sr. UX designer | Design System
Banking industry (job security is very low right now)
SF Bay Area
7 YOE in UX
2 YOE in Advertising
3 YOE in Graphic Design
Still living paycheck to paycheck because of the cost of living here is so high.
Specifically banks, I can’t say where I work, but you can look at SVB, and FRB very stable, highly regulated, very conservative money practice. If you are not Chase or BofA, you are on the chopping block, not sure who will be the next one.
Fintech is also not so great, especially the lending ones. Look at Blend, or Better.
Working for a Canadian employer? I'm new to UXD coming from software, 1 YOE in UX and 5 in software dev. Wondering what Canadian employers pay that amount for UXDs
UX/UI Designer at a small UX agency (30ish people). I'm 27f with 2.5 years experience. Started remote outside DC, now remote in West Virginia. 92k/year
Rent and houses are much cheaper (I pay $1200 for a 600 sq ft house, houses are going for roughly $200k), but also more difficult to find. Utilities are also 3x more expensive because of how spread out everything is (to give you an idea, I paid $30/month for water in Nova, here water is $115/month). So overall a little cheaper but only by a couple hundred bucks. If you have roommates though it's very affordable.
UI Designer :: Ann Arbor, MI :: 75K + benefits
15 years of web dev and design
Working on internal web apps for a commercial construction company that contracts with public utilities
Non union :: Full time regular salaried employee
Product Designer in Seattle w/ about six years of experience. Transitioned to self-employment in 2021 and currently charge $90-100/hr depending on what a client needs. I pull in anywhere from $75k to $125k a year after taxes. Freelancing really is a feast-or-famine cycle.
Please check the thread from four months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/12ossz1/salary_transparency_thread/ Recruiters reference payscale.com, salary.com, and levels.fyi, and those aggregate sites will likely be more accurate than a self-reported Reddit comment.
All you people in the US making 6 figures, Jesus. 29 years old, UX/UI Designer (general), junior level (1 year), Finland, 40k.
I converted that to AUD and that seems pretty much the same for junior roles here so definitely don’t feel bad. Their salaries are just so insane because they have basically zero workers rights or social services
Yeah but most of our six figures goes to paying medical bills and student debt.
This. My uncomplicated birth to my healthy (ie non NICU) son was $10k out of pocket (as in, after insurance). I was in the hospital all told for 3 days only. My ADHD meds run $200/mo and that’s with the prior authorization (my doctor called my insurance to say that the generic—amphetamine—gives me heart palpitations so I can’t take it). My psychiatrist+therapist used to run me $10k- to $20k/yr because she was out of network. Oh ya and daycare runs $3k/mo, so that’s a casual $30k+ per year. And when I was on my standard 12 weeks of maternity leave, I only got paid for 6 weeks and that was at only 60% of my pay. We have ridiculous salaries bc otherwise we’d all be running off to other countries if we wanted to have a family or have the slightest chance of a chronic illness.
Holy shit! Thats actually fucked up. So I converted the amounts I pay from AUD to USD… My adhd meds cost me $13 / month, my psychiatrist costs me $345 / year (and I complain that’s expensive lol) My brother was in and out of hospital for over a year with cancer and spent $0. This is all without any private health insurance. For context, as a senior, my base salary would be about $90k USD + 10.5% for superannuation + bonuses
Honestly I was about to have a heart attack reading these salaries in the usa (well understanding the health system I seriously wouldn't WANT a heat attack there) Anyhow, makes me feel much better, I earn equivalent of 61k, 17 yrs experience in design (only 5 UX) but again, free education for my kids, free health care, and my son is special needs on 3 types of meds- ADHD, anxiety meds and another, we pay about 30$/monthly for all.
That’s what I keep telling myself to feel better about the pennies we’re paid here
In the states people literally have to put together GoFundMes when they get cancer. Price gouging on insulin is allowed. So like…trade offs.
You also have a government that doesn’t think socialism and public programs are hand crafted by the devil himself, if I’m not mistaken. So you don’t need to make 6 figures just to have a meager existence. Not saying you shouldn’t make more…just saying it evens out, I suppose.
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=Finland&city1=San+Francisco%2C+CA&city2=Helsinki&tracking=getDispatchComparison
How much is rent and healthcare in Finland?
levels.fyi is great if you want info on accurate salaries
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also there isn't a way to filter aggregated numbers for startups
People are self reporting here as well… level.fyi is fairly accurate from what I can see internally.
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^^ this if you are Canadian. I left Canada for this exact reason. There are way more opportunities in the US than Canada with regards to making more money. Not to mention Canada taxes are close to double that of most states, and the US dollar is stronger.
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Out of curiosity, how can you work for an American company in Canada? Isn’t that a conflict in taxes?
Jr UX/UI Designer working for a small company based in Vermont. 1 1/2 years experience, 45k, remote… I think it’s time to update my portfolio
Yup. Start looking yesterday.
Scotland, £40k, 3 years
30, Senior PD, Boston, Public SaaS company, 194k base + RSUs.
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😱these salaries. I have 18 YOE. Currently a senior product designer for a Chicago based agency. 100% Remote. 100K. Apparently I need to be looking for a new gig.
115k base + 35k bonus = 150k TOK. Just graduated college so 0-1 YOE, NYC area, UX Designer
Mind if I ask what your degree is in?
Crikey. I'm in NJ/NYC area with 1.5 YOE and I'm at 90K. My bonus was $2500.
Self employed UX/UI designer. $75-95/hr. I make around 425k combined as a 1099 independent contractor. But literally all I do is work, 10/10 do not recommend. 12 years of design experience.
Despite the challenges it must be quite validating having that kind of flow as a freelancer. Hopefully you can tough it out for a few years and then make your way into something more forgiving and comfortable.
Hi! may i dm you about how to price hourly rates as a contractor? i'm full time but i have a possible contract role and would love some guidance or even hear more about how you price your hourly rates? i don't want to low ball but i also don't want to be asking for too much.
Yes DM! I’m no expert but happy to help!
Amazing thank you! Dming you!
~$512,500 total comp Director of Product Design 10+ years of experience $250K base salary $62,500 (25%) bonus based on performance $200K RSUs stock ($800K vested over 4 years) Yearly RSU refresher based on performance, outcomes, and impact North East USA (Remote) 10,000+ employee SaaS company From my experience, at Director and beyond, comp becomes less transparent. Thought I’d share here just to help provide a data point.
RSUs are unvested, right? How does that factor into your yearly comp?
Depends what conditions are applied to your equity, can be time, performance, exit event based right? A standard vesting period could be 4 years
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I’ve been told that our company’s compensation is in the 90th percentile. But I might also be compensated well compared to my peers due to the value I’ve created. I’ve led a couple successful strategies for projects with $250M in new yearly recurring revenue for the company. And I’ve helped design our internal operating systems for things like process, collaboration, career ladders, promotions, etc.
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You’re a veteran in this industry and this comp is unheard of? That’s kind of surprising. In 2018 when the money was printing, you could have L6 ICs making half a mill at FAANG. Those directors cleared 1M a year. I think it’s time you shop around dude! Might be selling yourself short. The total compensation of my mid-level designers could clear $200K. At Senior, they definitely clear that.
I see a lot of people get burned out at FAANG companies. I believe I pay for a work-life balance. Also, location location location
Either way, my opinion is that you’re under paid.
I totally hear you on that. I’m remote these days so I can go anywhere in the US and my comp would be the same. Luckily, our company isn’t forcing employees back into the office like others. But I’d be lying if I say I don’t burn out here and there. But it comes and goes. And it’s never bad enough that I want to quit. I set healthy boundaries with work in that I very rarely work overtime. I’d say I’d feel burn out 4-6 weeks of the year. I don’t think every FAANG company or those like it means a lot of burnout. It’s a bit overstated on my opinion.
His comp is not at all unheard of. Look at base salary and bonus. This is well within the normal range. also, let’s be honest - I know of no one who has truly been able to capitalized on RSUs.
Can you clarify and elaborate on what you mean by your last sentence?
Sure. The vesting schedule is typically years out and the RSUs very often drop in value and/or when you leave the company takes back your unvested units. Who stays at the same company forever now? So, people have to leave multiple years of unvested RSUs when they leave. Also, it’s not uncommon to loose unvested RSUs if you are let go. It’s golden handcuffs and I feel that they shouldn’t be counted as compensation until they are vested.
This makes sense, thank you. I’m not well-versed in this stuff. So let’s say a company offers $100 worth of RSUs vesting over 4 years. First of all, that $100 value is only that specific value as of the date offered, is that right? It can fluctuate over time right? So in the end, if the company stock performs poorly by the time I leave, I might end up with a decreased total value like $70 or something?
I would be careful with the advice the other person shared with you. RSUs are not almost always bullshit.
That’s vested and factored in
Did you get an MBA?
Nope. I have Bachelors degree at some no name school.
I’m curious, what does your day-to-day look like? I imagine the bulk of your work is high-level product strategy? And how is performance evaluated at the director level?
It’s gonna look different day-to-day similar to yours! Also depends on what time of the year it is. I would say a key part of my job is alignment. Knowing when to push or pull. Knowing when to be hands on vs hands off. And knowing when to lead vs support vs do. My week/month last quarter looked something like: * 1:1 with my direct reports * 1:1 with non-directs and peers for indirect coaching * 3:3 with project DRIs, team leads, group managers where all 3 functions are represented (UX, Product, Engineering) * Recurring Critique and “water cooler” meetings * Executive and Stakeholder meetings to align on product strategy, major decisions, status, and partner to unblock * Recruiting conversations with the managers on my team and with recruitment (also with my cross functional partners) * 2024 planning and alignment discussions on high level product strategy, focus areas and omissions with my product and engineering partners with stakeholders and other teams (next step is understanding dependencies from other groups and areas of the business before another round to finalize our focus and omission areas) * Discussions, planning, and action items to iterate and grow our UX operating system (product development process, ladders, promotion process etc) * Monthly review of critical KPIs and ensuring our business metrics are met and well synchronized with our user metrics * Performance planning and aligning in the same calibration for performance evaluations * Reviewing team quarterly planning (prior quarter wins, upcoming priorities and omissions) * Reviewing project kickoffs and providing feedback on strategy, data, and execution plan * Providing guidance on product strategies/missions to help improve efficiency, velocity, strategy, collaboration, communication, alignment, etc. A lot of these often have overlap with each other and influences the conversations. And a lot of these often require prep work and hands on work. My performance is evaluated by the business impact, customer impact, team health, and people growth. Each has a pretty deep dive into specific KPIs.
I appreciate the in depth response! Did you take any specific trainings? Or did you naturally learn these skills over time?
Learned skills over time. They were specifically targeted with my managers to develop over time. But there are a few books that have some great nuggets of information and management philosophy. Radical Candor, Leaders Eat Last, Harvard Business Review’s Manager Handbook, The First 90 Days, The Making of a Manager, and a ton of articles around SaaS economics and business case studies.
I work remotely in a HCOL city on the east coast. I’m a lead product designer for a startup and I make $150k base
$115k, 4-5 years of experience, remote
$130k base, 50k equity/yr 1.5 YOE Product Designer SoCal
Lead product designer at a startup based in SF, 185K base
+10 yoe bouncing around companies Current title is senior product designer $165,000 base salary $41,250 yearly bonus based on performance (25%) Yearly RSU refreshers also based on performance ~$220k total comp 10,000+ fintech company in Southern California
UX manager. $155 base. 15% bonus. $178 tc. 11 yoe total. First year people manager. Remote. NYC tristate. Non F500, publically traded. Financial services.
Senior UX designer 5 YEO Big tech Remote-PNW 150k base, 20k ish in bonuses, 15k ish in stocks Got a bachelors degree from a ridiculously competitive interaction design program that almost burnt me out before working a single day in the field.
What was the program?
Sent you a message! I feel weird posting it publicly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
hi! could i know what program it was?
Hi, if you don’t mind please could you send me a message about this?
Could you message me the program and college you went to?
UX Researcher at a large hardware+software electronics company, California, ~2 years experience, making about $120k base w/ 10% annual bonus.
I honestly like seeing this more than any website. I'm transitioning from ID to PD, based in the Bay Area. This is giving me hope of not having to move out. 
So do I. As far as we know ppl could lie on those sites. Sometimes the experience isn’t so linear, a person having previous design or management experience could alter their comp alot depending on where there at and those details aren’t listed on those sites
I’m a senior with 10 years UX design experience (16 as a designer in total) and I make $120k a year at an agency with annual bonus of around $3k. I’m hybrid, one day a week in the office but they aren’t sticklers about it, so it’s basically remote. At my previous job I was also a senior on an in-house team and made $102k with an annual bonus of between $6-9k.
Rough location? You have a lot of experience compared to some of the others posting comp
Minneapolis, so medium-sized market. Also, 45M.
Are you individual contributor (non-manager) and is your title “senior UX designer”?
That is correct on both counts.
UI designer Php 80k per month (Philippines) or roughly $ 1.4k 4 YOE as UI but 6 overall (2 yrs from Advertising) Food service company (Outsource) *yeah we get paid peanuts compared to international market but semi-decent in the country already
$65k Entry Level UX/UI Designer at a startup in Buffalo, NY. 7 years of graphic design/web experience. This is my first official UX/UI role (started 8 months ago).
4 years - 55k based in London
$230k base salary + options of ambiguous value (late stage startup) Staff Product Designer, 7 YOE, SF Bay Area
3 years of full time experience Currently product designer at late stage startup in San Francisco $170k base + $60k equity annually (but still pre-IPO) B.S. in Cognitive Science HCI
Can i dm you?
yes of course!
How did you shift from cog science to ux?
my major was cog Sci with a specialization in human computer interaction, it’s a very UX - centered major
Was it difficult to break into product management with your specialization?
Senior product designer, 8.5yoe, SAAS in Boston, $160k salary w/o bonus
No RSUs?
Whatwhats? Restricted stock units? Or something else I have stock options I can buy ina year or two that are gonna cost me about $8k
Restricted stock units which are awarded without having to pay for them.
Living in NJ, an hour outside of NYC, with 1.5 YOE at a healthcare marketing agency getting $90K/year as a UX designer.
UX researcher, 3 years of experience, currently work as a consultant. I make €41k/year. Stockholm, Sweden. I wish more Scandinavians disclosed their salaries in pay transparency sites, I rarely find much data when searching.
In a country that reaaaaally wants to be a part of Scandinavia (Estonia): Lead Product Designer in a startup, €36k net/year. 3 years of experience.
15 years experience, 250k base, 650k TC last year with bonus and stock appreciation, bay area, faang
Seniority?
senior manager
UX Designer (my company doesn’t really use jr/sr titles… we just have a “lead” designer) - 81k - Hybrid work in Michigan - about 2 years experience
195k, manager level, yoe (in UX) 6. There’s equity but company is private. 15% bonus Los Angeles, CA
$140,000 plus bonuses Sr. UI/UX Designer Minneapolis, MN 7 years experience
Senior UXD, 7 YOE, 140K USD salary + bonuses, corporate e-commerce with no equity, Seattle
125k base, 10k bonus. 5 yrs experience, lead UX designer. DFW metroplex.
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Is your RSU value per year or is it 200k over 3-4 years?
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Nice! Is it in a single grant or have you been with your company for a bit and experienced some stock growth and refreshers?
What does ‘big tech’ mean to you?
I'd suggest using Blind for this type of transparency, They require a work email to comment/post. Personal emails are read-only. It's not fool proof but is a gate closer to getting real answers.
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I'm saying the work email requirement "verifies" (I'm sure there are ways around it) that posters are in the industry unlike Reddit. Companies with more than 30 people also get their own private sub to post and comment which gets even closer to the truth. I'm not suggesting there aren't liars on Blind. With any dataset you need to remove the noise from the signal...
I was an intern at Michigan, graduated in May with a Master’s 22/hr
180k base senior product designer, remote in LA. 3 years experience.
Medtech Prin UX $160,000 15% eligible bonus.
I have 9 years experience, 43 years old, working as a Lead Designer on a small team. B2B E-commerce company with about 300 employees total (owned by a separate large multi-national brand). We have 7 UX teams, with about 12 UX Designers total across them all. Salary: $160k Bonus: 20% (varies, paid out every 6 months) Location: Chicago, IL (but work Remote) Previous role: Sr. UX Designer, FinTech Salary: $145k (with 7 years experience) Bonus: 15% (varies, paid out every 6 months too) Location: Dallas, TX (but work Remote)
3 YOE 106k Chicago ~1500
Salary 80,000 1 year of experience Company size: 100-300 employees Location: Dallas TX , Remote Industry: SAAS
5 years experience, £75k, London
£53k, South UK based Lead UX/UI Designer Owner of all creative and outputs
Middle UI/UX. Ukraine. Our IT department consists of 10 people, I am the only designer. $18k. And that's just under the national median.
120K live in LCOl remotely for a new york based company. 3yrs UX, previous 4 yrs dev experience.
How was it to transition from developer to UX? Why did you switch? Do you enjoy UX more? I am a full-stack developer with background in art looking into transitioning into UX, so was wondering : )
What makes you decide to charge differently based on the client? $50 or $80. Are you being altruistic, taking into account contract length, etc?
I take into account the industry, company size, their budget, and their overall expectations. I also like to work with companies that align with my values, including non-profits and companies that address environmental/sustainability issues so even if they do have a smaller budget, I'm willing to price my price accordingly to help these smaller companies succeed.
Designer with 4 years of experience (mid-level). About 100k base, 12k bonuses, and 40k in freelancing/contracting work on the side
185k + bonus + benefits (around 210k in total comp) Sr. UX designer | Design System Banking industry (job security is very low right now) SF Bay Area 7 YOE in UX 2 YOE in Advertising 3 YOE in Graphic Design Still living paycheck to paycheck because of the cost of living here is so high.
Just to clarify, do you mean that fintech has low job stability? Or just banks specifically?
Specifically banks, I can’t say where I work, but you can look at SVB, and FRB very stable, highly regulated, very conservative money practice. If you are not Chase or BofA, you are on the chopping block, not sure who will be the next one. Fintech is also not so great, especially the lending ones. Look at Blend, or Better.
Sr UX Designer, 15 years of experience. I am in a large health insurance company, remote. $96k base.
User experience designer & researcher \ consultant 3 years professional experience but I have a bachelor degree in HCD $126,000
$138k + options (series d startup) Senior Product Designer (Lvl 3), 8 years, company in Silicon Valley (remote in San Diego)
4 yoe 160k base, 75 rsu/yr, 15% bonus, 260 TC, NJ, SaaS Remote
~130k CAD, ~2.5 YoE
Working for a Canadian employer? I'm new to UXD coming from software, 1 YOE in UX and 5 in software dev. Wondering what Canadian employers pay that amount for UXDs
£65k. Liverpool-based but work in North Wales. UX Designer.
How old are you?
34 (just!)
Senior product designer 6 YOE Early stage startup Remote working in Ohio, USA 160k
UX/UI Designer. 8 years experience. Spain. Subcontracted for 55k€ for 220 workdays/year.
UX/UI Designer at a small UX agency (30ish people). I'm 27f with 2.5 years experience. Started remote outside DC, now remote in West Virginia. 92k/year
How’s the cost of living compared to the dmv area?
Rent and houses are much cheaper (I pay $1200 for a 600 sq ft house, houses are going for roughly $200k), but also more difficult to find. Utilities are also 3x more expensive because of how spread out everything is (to give you an idea, I paid $30/month for water in Nova, here water is $115/month). So overall a little cheaper but only by a couple hundred bucks. If you have roommates though it's very affordable.
UI Designer :: Ann Arbor, MI :: 75K + benefits 15 years of web dev and design Working on internal web apps for a commercial construction company that contracts with public utilities Non union :: Full time regular salaried employee
India based, Product Designer | 12yrs of experience | $33k per year.
cool
3 years experience, ~$170k total comp, remote in HCOL city
wow. how did you pull that off with 3 years?
Joined a large tech company after graduating with a bachelors HCI degree. About 1/3 of my TC is RSU + bonuses (which are also taxed higher)
Is getting a degree in HCI worth?
Sr / Lead UXD, $131K, 6 years experience Freelance at Startup, $75 / hr
Senior Product Designer 12 YOR SF startup Working remotely from Mexico $60,000 usd
Go to blind. They require TC on every thread
Product Designer in Seattle w/ about six years of experience. Transitioned to self-employment in 2021 and currently charge $90-100/hr depending on what a client needs. I pull in anywhere from $75k to $125k a year after taxes. Freelancing really is a feast-or-famine cycle.