Industry report 1-6 2022

Designer
Earnings Report
Designer Earnings Report
We have asked over 500 designers from all over the world
about how much do they earn depending on their job type
and experience.

We divided the roles into UX designer, UI designer, Generalist

(or Product Designer) and Researcher.

The experience ranges were under 1 year, 1-3 years, 3-5 years,
5-10 years and over 10 years.

Based on over 500 answers we present to you the !rst

edition of our quarterly report.

We got the most answers from:

United States
India
United Kingdom
Germany
Poland

Each of them will have a dedicated page with our commentary.

The other countries will be presented together as a data table.
The idea
We wanted the !rst survey to be as quick and frictionless as
possible - on purpose. Collecting a lot of data, even in an
anonymous way like this can yield a more interesting report,
but at the same time it can also result in a much larger user
drop-o".

We will be adding new questions in the next editions of the

report, but only a couple of them - as we need to keep the
right balance of data vs churn. Most numbers are also
rounded for ease of processing.

This report is not pretending to be scienti!c, it’s raw

data with high-level analysis and regular updates

If you haven’t added your response and you are employed as

a designer do so under THIS LINK.

O#cial report page is h$ps://hype4.academy/design-report

Important! The data in this report has been compiled by

us. It took A LOT of work, so PLEASE do not extract the
data for your own promotional purposes like Instagram
or LinkedIn posts - smaller posts are allowed but only
a"er asking us permission.
Roles breakdown
We received 500 valid answers and !ltered some incomplete
ones out.

The most popular role worldwide is the Generalist (or product

designer) at 53% of all answers. Second most popular is UI
design at 25%, then UX design at 20% and lastly, Research
at just 1%.

53% 25% 20% 1%

Generalist UI UX Research
Roles breakdown 10 vs 1
We also wanted to explore how roles shi% between complete
beginners and the most experienced seniors. For that we
compared the amount of roles for people under 1 year of
experience with roles of people with over 10 years in the
industry. The results seem to suggest that there’s a shi% into
becoming more of a generalist / product designer as your
experience grows - doing more than what you initially started
with. It can make sense - a%er many years it’s good to add
some new skills to our set, so the job doesn’t become boring.
The low amount of research roles in our survey skewed the
results a li$le, as there were none purely research roles in the
10y+ bracket, which we believe to not be an industry average.

4%

49% 26% 21%

Under 1 years of experience

75% 18% 7%

Over 10 years of experience

Generalist UI UX Research
Top Countries
5 countries with the most responses
United States
United States is one of the best countries you can potentially
work at as a designer. Companies, especially from the Silicon
Valley, drive innovation and have huge funding that allows
them to grab the best talent and pay them handsomely.
Obviously the higher pay is also due to the fact that the cost of
living (renting an apartment, paying utility, buying food) is
much higher in the United States than most other countries.
This is why we believe it’s unfair to compare the $ values
between countries directly and in the future version of this
report we’ll also factor in those costs of living with examples.

The United States average earnings

Experience Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

< 1 year $3000 $3261 $2700 -

1-3 years $5100 $3760 $4200 -

3-5 years $6400 $4100 $5800 -

5-10 years $9000 $4700 $8400 -

10+ years $11000 - $7200 -

* spots missing a value have less than 3 data points and were skipped
United Kingdom
The UK is also quite expensive to live in, so the higher than
average rates here are more than understandable. Once we
get more data in, the raise in experience vs income will
become more apparent. What we’ve been seeing across the
industry lately is that the younger generations are a li$le bit
be$er at negotiating salaries - which can explain some of the
numbers.

The United Kingdom average earnings

Experience Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

< 1 year $2400 $1500 $2900 -

1-3 years $4350 $5800 $4800 -

3-5 years $5000 $4100 $5800 -

5-10 years $5700 $4200 $5150 -

10+ years $7300 - - -

* spots missing a value have less than 3 data points and were skipped
India
India is rapidly rising to become a global superpower. While
years ago it was mostly considered a place to !nd cheap
developers not necessarily delivering high quality code, it has
transformed dramatically in the last decade - the quality of
the work from India is now on par with the rest of the world,
and o%en exceeds it. Obviously with a rise in quality came a
slow rise in the wages as well.

India average earnings

Experience Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

< 1 year $737 $458 $669 -

1-3 years $1081 $1480 $850 -

3-5 years $1140 $994 $5800 -

5-10 years $2600 $900 $700 -

10+ years $3000 - - -

* spots missing a value have less than 3 data points and were skipped
Germany
Germany is a design powerhouse and one of the richest
countries on the planet. Some of the best designers in history
come from there, so they have a strong tradition of the cra%.

Germany average earnings

Experience Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

< 1 year $2500 $2700 $2300 -

1-3 years $2480 $3000 $2200 -

3-5 years $3000 $2750 $2500 -

5-10 years $7100 $6200 $6200 -

10+ years $9200 - - -

* spots missing a value have less than 3 data points and were skipped
Poland
Poland for many years had the bene!t of very cheap costs of
living while being a part of the European Union. That made
international trade a lot easier with invoicing and payments
being accepted worldwide. Combined with lower wages for
years it has been growing as one of the design and coding
hubs of Europe.

Poland average earnings

Experience Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

< 1 year $1200 $1630 $1220 $1300

1-3 years $1680 $1150 $1570 -

3-5 years $2600 $2500 $3100 -

5-10 years $3100 $3150 $3000 -

10+ years $7500 - - -

* spots missing a value have less than 3 data points and were skipped
Conclusions
What is interesting to note, is the fact that on average, the
more experience the more generalists were in our group, with
the 10+ years group being 90% generalists and only 10% other
roles. It may mean the shi% to multi-faceted designers is
already on its way and it may be the best way to earn more.

Researchers were also under-represented with only 2% of

respondents picking that role.

In many countries UI designers also earn a li$le less than UX

designers (that don’t do UI) but Generalists are the group that
earns the most in almost every group.

In future surveys we’ll also explore company sizes to provide

the di"erences in salaries between corporations and startups.
Other countries
Presenting the data
Because for these countries we don’t have as many responses
yet, we decided to present them as separate tables for
Experience and role. If your country is not on a list it means it
hasn’t received enough responses for this category. We will be
!lling those gaps in future reports.

Keep in mind, that some countries only had 3 responses per

role, per experience level which doesn’t necessarily represent
the real value (those three people could’ve worked at a very
small or a very large company).

* spots missing a value have less than 3 data points and were skipped
 10+ years
of experience
10+ years of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Austria - $2000 - -

Belarus $2000 - - -

Brazil $2000 - - -

Canada $7100 - - -

Costa Rica $2400 - - -

Croatia $5500 - - -

Czech Rep. $6200 - - -

Dominican Rep. $1400 - - -

Estonia $1400 - - -

Ireland $4200 - - -

Italy $3700 $2000 - -

Jordan $1800 $1000 - -

Luxembourg $6000 - - -

Netherlands - - $5900 -

Paraguay - $1000 - -

Philippines $1600 - - -

Puerto Rico $3800 $1000 - -

Russia - $3000 - -
10+ years of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Slovakia - $3900 - -

Spain $8000 - - -

Sweden $14000 - - -

Switzerland $10300 - - -

Turkey $3000 - $2000 -

United Arab Em. $16000 - - -

 5-10 years
of experience
5-10 years of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Austria $3100 - - -

Bosnia & H. - $2200 - -

China $3500 - - -

Czech Rep. $6000 $5000 - -

Denmark - - $13000 -

Egypt - $800 - -

Hungary - $1140 - -

Italy $2700 - $3800 $2500

Lithuania $4000 - - -

Nigeria $700 - - -

Pakistan $780 - - -

Romania $2200 $1440 - -

Saudi Arabia $5000 - - -

Spain $3450 - - -

Sweden $5100 - - -

Taiwan - $4200 - -

Ukraine $4000 - - -
 3-5 years
of experience
3-5 years of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Algeria - $3000 - -

Argentina - $3000 - -

Australia $5800 - - -

Bangladesh - - $520 -

Bosnia & H. $3400 - - -

Colombia $3600 $1800 - -

Denmark $3100 - - -

Egypt $1100 - - -

Estonia $2000 - - -

France $4300 - - -

Ireland $3800 - - -

Italy $2250 - $1750 -

Kosovo - - $450 -

Lithuania $1050 - - -

Malta $3200 - - -

Mexico $6500 - $1200 -

Morocco $500 - - -

Pakistan - $1400 - -
3-5 years of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Romania $750 - - -

Slovakia - $3000 - -

Slovenia $4100 - - -

South Africa $1900 - - -

Switzerland $6300 - - -

United Arab E. $10000 $4500 - -

 1-3 years
of experience
1-3 years of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Argentina $750 - - -

Australia $2100 - - -

Austria $2300 - - -

Bangladesh $320 $250 - -

Belarus - $1850 - -

Brazil $750 - - -

Bulgaria - - $1350 -

Burma $750 - - -

Canada $3200 $3800 $3250 -

Croatia $850 - - -

Czech Rep. - - $2600 -

Denmark - - $5650 -

Egypt $500 $700 - -

Ethiopia - $200 - -

France $2300 $2300 $2100 -

Georgia $500 - - -

Greece - - $1300 -

Iran $300 $200 - -

1-3 years of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Italy $1600 - - -

Kosovo - $650 - -

Latvia $1050 - - -

Macedonia $800 - - -

Mexico $800 $1000 - -

New Zealand - $2000 - -

Nigeria $900 $1400 - -

Pakistan $450 $275 - -

Romania $1100 $400 - -

Saudi Arabia - $2000 - -

Singapore $3000 - - -

Spain $2800 $1275 $4500 -

Sri Lanka - $150 - -

Sudan - $600 - -

Sweden $2750 - - -

Switzerland - - $6800 -

Syria $800 - - -

Thailand $1000 - - -
1-3 years of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Turkey $600 $400 - -

United Arab E. $9500 - - -

 under 1 year
of experience
<1 year of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Albania $1400 - - -

Australia $3500 - - -

Austria $2500 - $2500 -

Belgium $2300 - - -

Canada $2750 $3000 - -

Colombia $900 - - -

Estonia $1400 - - -

Greece - - - $1100

Hong Kong $3200 - - -

Italy $1400 - - -

Kenya - $1000 - -

Lithuania - $500 - -

Malaysia - - $3400 -

Mexico $1500 $400 - -

Netherlands - - $3000 -

Nigeria $600 - $550 -

Pakistan - $150 - -

Romania $950 - - -
<1 year of experience
Country Generalist UI Designer UX Designer Researcher

Russia - - $2100 -

Singapore $4500 - - -

South Africa - $1000 - -

Spain - $900 - -

Sweden - - $4000 -

United Arab E. - - $5700 -

Estonia $1400 - - -
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