Revealing design salaries, jobs at VC-backed startups/unicorns, and more!
Hey Buddies! We launched a design salary transparency report and here are some data we have gotten so far. We’re still looking for more! Please help contribute your salary here (anonymous) and we’ll send you the report for free. We just need your help to add more!
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Salary reveals!! 👀
Amount in USD. Salary also depends on cost of living, so it’s best to compare in the same city and maybe similar years of experience.
IBM $176,000 UX Designer (4-6 years experience) in Seattle, WA
IBM $65,000 Product Designer (1-3 years experience) in Toronto, Canada
Discord $240,000 +$75,000 Senior Product Designer RSUs (10+ years experience) in SF Bay Area, CA
Adobe $47,887 UX Designer 2 (1-3 years experience) in Noida, India
Adobe 112,000 and Bonus 10% RSU ~100K UX Designer 2 (1-3 years experience) in New York City
ADP $190,000 + 10% yearly bonus UX Manager (10+ years experience) in Dallas, Texas
Amazon $101,300 + $27,689 bonus UX Designer (1-3 years experience) in Seattle, WA
Accenture $19,355 Lead UX Designer (4-6 years experience) in Manila, Philippines
Warner Bros Discovery $70,000 + $20,000 bonus Senior Product Designer (4-6 years experience) in Ottawa, Canada
Shopify $163,000 Product Designer (1-3 years experience) in New York
NASA $195,000 Lead UX Designer (10+ years experience) in Los Angeles, CA
CNN $19/hour Product Design Intern (>1 years experience) in New York
Walmart $163,000 30K bonus, 50K RSU (4-6 years experience) Senior Product Designer in Brooklyn, NY
These are just a few data points that we will compile into a report! But we need your help to contribute your salary here (it’s anonymous) and we’ll send you the final report, free to access: https://forms.gle/KpJTGzsdM36zkQXX8
Design jobs at VC-backed startups
If any of these interest you, please email Grace Ling (grace@designbuddies.community) with your portfolio. We can refer you directly!
San Francisco
Founding Designer at Wordware (YC S24, 30 million raised), $120-240K + equity: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/wordware.ai/7d177287-7507-48ef-a764-cc6677208f1c
San Francisco or Seattle
Founding Designer at Trellis Health (VC-backed)
https://trellishealth.notion.site/
New York
Jobs at Ramp (unicorn startup)
Staff Product Designer: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ramp/eca54d0e-232a-4c3e-bfcc-d6c6add393f5
Senior Product Design: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ramp/39d302da-b017-4f18-b6ad-f0e77d024e2c
Director, Product Design: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ramp/6f0fac1d-9469-43d1-8dff-09c07ff208bd
Also! If you’re new to design, we have early applications open for our next 10 week design project cohort that starts in May 2025.
This is our 10-week design project cohort, where you’ll learn UX design while working on a real product.
You’ll come away with:
A job-ready LinkedIn, resume, and portfolio
Collaboration experience with product managers and engineers
Designing a product 0-1 with our hand-picked startups
Learn from coaches who are designers in big tech companies
Interview ready portfolio case study
Apply now here! The next cohort starts in May 2025, but we’re offering a $1000 OFF early bird discount: https://www.ux-go.com/uxgo-2025/10-week-internship-course
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