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How much does a UX designer earn? Real numbers and my salary history
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2024
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Hear me reveal my salaries over the last 5 years in my design career! I'm nervous to share this with you but know that it can only help and benefit the design community. As I've lived in 3 continents in the last five years, you'll hear all about my growth and progression in the local context. Please keep in mind that salaries are relative to your individual experience, location, local tax rates and the company you work for.
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//TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - Context
1:42 - My first design job
3:03 - My first pay rise
3:32 - Moving to Europe
4:29 - My second pay rise
4:53 - Looking for a new job
5:48 - Negotiating tips
6:22 - The job offers
7:05 - Joining Uber
7:35 - My promotion
8:15 - End of year raise
8:41 - Moving to Canada
8:55 - Job offer for Canada
9:34 - My current salary
10:00 - Salary tips
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Thanks for sharing. I wish more people were open about sharing their salary as it helps everyone else out. Makes sure everyone is getting paid what they're worth.
Honestly this is just so helpful, especially for women who often negotiate far less in salary. Thank you Femke!
How much do you think one can expect in US after completing MHCI in CMU with 3 years experience as Product Designer?
Honestly I'm still in product design bootcamp but videos like this really give me hope that I'll earn good money a few years down the line. Thank you for being open and sharing this, its so helpful to new designers like myself.
Same here!
hows it going now?
Love seeing this fantastic transparency Fem!!! This is going to help so many people ❤️
Totally agree. Radical transparency like this will help to reduce all sorts of pay gaps. Thank you!
Loving all of these videos Femke! I'm currently making 75k USD at a job that I really really dislike. I was considering going to grad school for the field I am in now but I have always been interested in design and more creative fields. I have been working on a UX/UI portfolio for quite some time now and am finally going to start applying to creative jobs. I am worried that I will have to take a pay cut in the new field, but I know that even a 50% pay cut would make me happier in the long run if I work at something that I enjoy. It is refreshing to see that you came from a business background and that your pay has been quite diverse. Thank you!
Thanks a lot Femke, to being open to reveal your salary, it'll help a lot...
Thanks ✌️
Thanks for sharing!! I really appreciate when designers can be fully transparent about their salary history. As a Product Designer, I was able to increase my salary by $20K MORE just within 2 years!! 😁 And I haven't been doing product design for that long. I was still in my early entry-level stages. My ultimate goal was to land a role as a Product Designer on a team working on big digital projects and I've been in my role for only 1 week so far but definitely looking to continue gaining more experience under my belt. But this is REALLY insightful and you're helping MANY designers...😉
Wooo congrats that is awesome Shawna! Thank you for sharing your story!!
Thank you for being open and honest about this. I'm sure it wasn't easy. This will be helpful for a lot of early designers 😀
You are my new favorite channel! Been binge watching you instead of doing my homework of Interaction Design 😅
Thanks for being brave and sharing! I'm a Senior UX Designer for Countdown (Woolworths Group) here in Auckland, New Zealand. I'm so glad I found this video.
I might make one of my 8 year journey as well as techniques for negotiating.
Apart from my first UX job, I've always got what I asked for.
after watching Charlie Marie, and now this. I can't help but think how many designers out there who are sooo underpaid with the level they have. Sure big companies can pay more but in general, this kinda shocked me personally. Designers definitely need to know their worth in the industry.
The real problem is the competition my dude. There's always someone that's willing to work for less and companies take advantage of that
it's called supply and demand. it has nothing to do with how much YOU think you are worth, it has everything to do with how much the company/society thinks you are worth. If you think you are more valuable, quit the job and find another or prove to them your worth, don't expect handouts in life. No one is going to just give you money just cuz
Not every designer is worth as much as they think either. So it goes both ways. Maybe 1 out of 200 applications I get is from somebody I would actually consider to invite for an interview. So you can imagine how many entitled designers walk around thinking they are worth top level salaries when they actually aren't even going to set their foot in the door. Let alone roll in money.
@@chrmez Entitled! That's the word I was searching for! Pretty much sums up my generation
these replies are crazy. She is working for UBER not a startup in wichita. She deserves more.
I just discovered your channel and your videos are so great! As a Product Designer myself, I have always struggled knowing my worth and negotiating salaries, often finding myself underpaid because I had no idea what my colleagues were on. Thank you so much for being so transparent and helping break the salary stigma.
Thank you so much! As a current design student whose graduation is in the near future, this really helps me figure out my worth and know what ballpark to aim for! Always appreciate your content.
This is super helpful! Thanks a lot! And I think it is very important to talk about such topics rather than “keep it secret” - I think especially designers (being often horribly underpaid) should know their worth :)
I totally agree!
This is great! I wish more people talked about this. So relatable because in the last 8-10 years working as a designer I worked and lived in 3 diff continents too( last being Dubai Middle east and now Auckland New Zealand), worked from client-side to agency roles.
The salaries and (work culture) vary so much but there are still not too many people openly talking about this. Thanks for this. Gotta go check rest of your channel
Thanks Mustafa!
Thank you for sharing ❤ the negotiation tips were such a sweet reminder for juniors like me 😊
Glad to hear it!
Thank you SO much for making this vid, I learned a lot! Not enough people talk about and give advice regarding salary negotiation, especially when you're shifting careers and still don't know enough about what's the going rate in your new industry.
Takes courage to share things like this, thank you, Femke!
Kia ora Fenke!
OMG I’m so happy to find your channel! :-D I’m a dual NZ/Canadian citizen living in Toronto and taking a GradDip InfoSci at Massey online. I’m going into the design side of tech - likely UX/UI. I’ve been anxious about choosing the design side of IT even though arts, crafts, and design are a life-long passion because software dev was seeming more “responsible”. This is a career change and I’m look for both financial stability and to be working with an awesome team of people.
Love to shout you a tea or coffee after lockdown is over and had 2nd vax shot and/or chat on LinkedIn.
Ngā mihi
Liz
thank you so much for sharing! one thing that caught my attention is how many times you said the companies were proactive and generous - just wanted to remind you (and me as well, and why not all of our fellow hardworking women out there haha) that your work certainly has a lot of value for them, especially when you're doing so much like you were on the startup! so I'm sure they're just acknowledging all that awesome work :) congrats and thank you again
I love this! Thanks for sharing!! I love how you support other designers and your energy.
Thank you soooooo much. For me one of the hardest parts about job hunting is negotiating a salary. This was very insightful.
Thank you for being courageous and sharing all of this information. So much insight for the design community in their worth!
I am currently freelancing in India and planning to move to Toronto, Canada with a proper job. This is absolutely helpful for me to negotiate with any potential product design offers. Thank you!
Thanks @femke for being vulnerable! Takes strength. I also have been facing this and stepping up to it in the workplace when realising the inequlity within my organisation. From a fellow nzer who has been following you for 4 years!!! Big love
You're so generous to deliver such honesty in your videos about the lifestyle of designing ui, I hope sometime we'll cross paths, maybe? Good luck in everything, ur awesome!
Thank you for the actual information! I find it so hard to find an informative video. Most salary-related video titles are clickbaits. Thanks again!
Thanks for sharing Femke. This is always something I’ve struggled with, the asking for X amount. I always think it will be too much, but if you never ask for it, you probably won’t get it!
Thank you so much for sharing this with us! It's so helpful and I appreciate you showing the converted USD currency as well!
actually, we should be thanking you for taking the time to share!!! Seriously Femke you're an inspiration!!!🤗🤩
Thank you for sharing all these tips! I'm in the museum industry at the moment and negotiating is basically unheard of, and so are anything apart from cost of living raises. It's really good to hear how the process works.
Thanks for sharing!!
Wow! Thank you for sharing this info with us! And welcome to Canada!! Im in Winnipeg and currently making a career move into the tech world. I am excited for you and your future, I think you’ll do just fine! And you got a new subscriber here 🙋🏻♀️♥️
They told you , you were underpaid? I’d love to hear that more often ... Go New Zealand!!
Fun tip. You don't have to tell your possible new employer what you use to make, it isn't their business. You are negotiating reimbursement for the work you are about to do, no other numbers matter. This is how I got to 6 figures (USD) as a UX designer in a apx 5 years. Get it ladies.
@@femkedesign I just said I would prefer to not speak about past compensation as it wasn't relevant. Sometimes I would have to go back over metrics to show my "value" but they never pressed past that. I think it's sort of poor form of them to insist.
Honestly this is just so helpful, more for people who is just starting! Amazing content Femke
Definitely worth noting that salaries even at these large tech companies will fluctuate greatly depending on your locale, not just based on company or experience.
Thanks for sharing
Oh my gosh thank you so much for sharing this, Femke! Such useful information for new designers to know, really appreciate the transparency :)
Good for you getting raises. Graphic Design positions are an arms race to the bottom.
Great content! You're inspiring me to make a video about my salary history but I'm sooooo nervous! 😁
It feels so daunting at first and even right before hitting upload but it was so rewarding!!
I always appreciate it when other women share their salary journey (funny how I don't see men do this as often), it's super helpful! It's interesting to see the currency conversions. Since I'm in the US I was mostly looking at the US dollars so, in that sense, you took a $20k pay decrease when transferring to Canada. I know this all has to do with the cost of living so I'm curious to know how that compares when you moved from Europe to Canada, do you feel your living expenses are more, less, or about the same? Maybe there are other benefits as well. Overall, do you prefer working in Europe or Canada?
@@femkedesign Oh wow I had no idea Europe had such high taxes, crazy! Seems like Canada's taxes may be on par with the US.
well i lost my last interviews because i asked to much , i asked 15k well i all wanted was 1200 per month after taxes, i have almost 10 years experience and earned more than 45k before... the diference is now i live in portugal... and before brexit i lived in uk....
Thank you for being so brave and open!..and welcome to Toronto, hope you like it here!
Thank you for being so open with your information. I have cousins that I'm supposedly very close to yet I dont know how much they make at their job (just in general, not tech jobs).
Wow I never though people would of been able to make that type of money without being a programmer. It really tells you how stuff is changing. The human side in tech is being valued a bit more
Thank you for sharing! You inspired me so much as a product designer. I hope to see more of your case studies and design works
There is an opportunity here to talk about more negotiation skills. Salary is just one part of your benefit package. Vacation, health care, equipment, learning/training, etc should all be considered. Make a list of the things you want based on the work/life balance you are striving for. As Femke said, don't show your hand until the employer shows theirs. Once you have an offer.... ALWAYS COUNTER! Take your list and either try to bump up some aspects of the offer or add in items from your list. Look, the employer offered you a package... you ARE the candidate they want to hire... countering an offer is not going to lose you the job unless you reach too far and over-value your benefits (e.g. 6 weeks of vacation for an intermediate, 25% more salary than what is offered). If you don't over value your counter the worse that is going to happen is that they say no to some items. The best that can happen is they say yes to everything. If you have weak negotiation skills then you need to read up and get educated... it can make a huge difference to not only your financial well being but your mental well being too!
Thanks for sharing! Very similar experience working in design/front-end dev in the US for me. I started making around the same when I was still at university in 2016 and have moved up similarly to what you're making today! Makes me feel good that we are negotiating and gettting PAIDDDDD!!!
Omg nice!!!! Go get it!!!
Thanks for great walkthrough explanation! I'm in Iran and working in a startup company of 13 people and I make wireframes, userflows, UI prototypes, run tests, surveys etc. and I'm also in charge of branding and improving the design system of the brand and also the contact point with developers and I make only US$ 130 per MONTH.
Thanks for sharing this! :) Not so many people are as transparent about their salaries as you just did.
Man... I'm kind of annoyed at how there only seem to be good salaries at the very top from global companies like Uber... and you'd think that Uber would pay like 2x the amount they do for being such a huge/successful company.
What's up with that?
Capital, i assume.
Thanks a lot for making this, it's very helpful! One note: at the beginning of the video, you say you saw a 92% increase over the last 5 years. Your net salary increase has actually been substantially larger (~139%) if you compare your current salary (78,248.15 USD) with the first figure you gave (32,784.50 USD). It's closer to 99% growth if you start from the 20% raise you got after your first few months (39,352.78 USD).
Kiaora! I'm a kiwi living in Nashville TN working primarily as a frontend designer/developer, but interested in learning more about UXD stuff lately. Stoked, I found your channel. Anyway, great info from your videos!
Hey! That's awesome :) Glad to hear my videos have been helpful!
Would be helpful to talk about the stock options and bonus, as TC is what really counts in tech industry. Really appreciate your transparency. You are truly an inspiration!
Well done Femke! Very brave of you to share this. Love the transparency!
This inspires me to do the same.
Amazing. Make a video how to apply abroad for UI/UX Designer job.
@@femkedesign Alright, thanks. You can start reviewing your subscriber project and their designs.
Thanks for quality content as always! Definitely one of my favorite design channels on RUclips 🙌🏻
Well done for having the courage to share and remember the numbers. Not sure I remember all mine.
I think the numbers we less interesting than how you confidently negotiated and also got extra benifits of moving country as these tend to help with visa and getting settled.
From my experience you can quickly grow early in your carrier in salary as you prove yourself but have to be willing to move. The bigger companies have the structure to offer raises and promotion but you might find happier learning in small teams. When you get to mid level after 5-10 year you can find your salary doesn’t change so much as you are at market rate. You then need to think if you want promotion or could add extra skills to push higher (or again change job)
Hey thank you so much for being open about this. This is really helpful. Appreciate it 👍
Thank you so much for being open about your salary and your experience. Very good tips for the fresh designers in the field.
You're welcome :)
This is great, Fern. I've been interviewing for new positions right now and been committing the cardinal sin of telling them my previous, underpaid, salary! Thanks for sharing.
@FEMKE alles goede met je? good to see some honest transparent talk about the industry, thank you so much!
Finally great to hear a Kiwi talk about this. Im planning for a change in career here in NZ and wondered what was the salary like. Awesome to hear a fellow kiwi give an insight about it. Thanks for the great video. Very informative.
In studying multimedia Integration in Montreal, Canada because I also aim a career as a UX designer. This is encouraging.
Thank you for your transparency!!! Thank you, thank you!! Most people never share their salaries and it's always awkward to ask, but it's the only way we can know if we're getting paid our worth.
Thank you! This is so much more effective and realistic than anonymous salary information! Thank you for sharing the whole process and you definitely worth much more!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Femke to make this video and sharing this information! You provided a honest and transparent approach in how you negotiating your salary and how the growth are! It’s amazing to know! Keep sharing and keep up the good work 🧡🧡🧡
Thank you Femka for this video! It's important to start talking about money and stop being ashamed of that.
As you said at the end, the real salary value depends of things such as taxes (the most important one) and rent. It's important to measure how much money you have on hand after this 2 factors :)
I'm living in Germany today, and 66% of my salary goes away in between taxes, health insurance and rent.
Thank you for sharing that information. Very honest and motivating.
That's a great video that shows that she didn't start at the highest payrolls, it does have a path to get there, and this is the thing that people have to keep in mind. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you so so much for your honesty and transparency, Femke. This is very empowering.
Thank you for sharing this Femke. This is really helpful and also very brave of you to share.
Nice video and topic. Thank you a lot for sharing your experience!
I'm from Belarus and we have much lower salaries here in this field. But it was helpful to hear your experience about changing location, jobs and increasing salaries.
I so agree with you!
Exponential growth can't be possible in company where you get low salary.
As new UX Designer in Canada, this is so helpful! Thankss
Hey what did you major in?
@@sahildeshmukh1462 Graphic Design
@@Iamfeartheviper and how did you find your first job in UI UX? Have you did an internship in that company or directly got the job???
@@sahildeshmukh1462 I first did a course in UI UX, then made a portfolio which wasn't too difficult, since I had a graphic design background. I had a reference through a friend and directly got a fulltime job.
@@Iamfeartheviper and the job which now you are doing in Canada have you did internship first or directly got job over there ?
Wow! You should move to the US. I used to recruit for big tech and would definitely consider you a senior product designer. Salaries there were about 160k base + ~40k in stock. I left the US and am still baffled that Americans can make so much. even as a recruiter I was on $116k + some stock. crazy! I'm not saying this to brag, I'm in UX design now in the UK and now make £38k GBP. Such a huge cut but definitely worth it in the long run
It's not all about money :) I have no interest in living in the US.
Thanks for these info, really cool to see the progress !
Thank you so much for being so honest and transparent 👍🏼 it was really eye opening for us, how to negotiate and get what we deserved. You are simply awesome.Thank you again for being you
Thanks a lot for being so honest! I'm sure this will help a bunch of other designers as it helped me. You are awesome.
Much appreciation for the information. Pro-tip is very helpful. Thanks.
thank you SO MUCH for sharing this kind of information. We appreciate the knowledge.
Thank you so much for sharing! Salary has always been a difficult topic is discuss, so I really appreciate the transparency and insight!
Very good as always Femke! And kudos for all your accomplishments! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔝
This is so awesome Fem! Thank you so much for sharing. It really helps me when negotiating for my salary in Berlin.
You are awesome Femke, Thanks for sharing this information. 🙂
Hi Femke, thanks for sharing! It’s great for the whole community and we can see that you really care
Thanks for this video Femke! It's really useful 😊Next month I'm starting in a new company and I did tell them my current salary, but I got them to offer me a little over that. I definitely should have watched this before haha I would've asked what they would offer without letting them know my current salary... I guess I can always renegotiate when I get a performance review 😊
Thank you Femke, nice video as always. Honesty is much appreciated.
Really interested in the level structure you mentioned, I know companies one to another tend to have kind of similar approach
YES! Awesome video Fem! 👏 You're so great for sharing.
Thanks for sharing, very helpful. I feel like my negotiating strategy has levelled up
I'm on at a Senior/Director level in the UX field and I calculated and it comes to 190.192,88 USD (in Belgium) Pre-tax. I'm have 14 years of experience in the field right now. More people should talk about this! Thanks.
This does not include Company car, health insurance, bonuses, invalidity insurance, pension insurance, VISA expense account.
@@femkedesign I added that I'm from Belgium. I hope this can help people who're moving into senior/director level positions. Because in Belgium you can't find a lot of information about salaries in the design industry.
Great tips!! It’s always good when a company offers you a fair transferred wage when moving countries, I was lucky to have that when moving to Melbourne. Unfortunately I did experience some hiccups with not pushing enough to negotiate on salaries when taking new jobs causing me to fall back 13k in a year and having only recently got back to my final salary from 3 jobs ago. Eek! Not that money is everything but as women we definitely undervalue ourselves too much.
Thanks for talking about this so openly. ❤️
Honestly this is just so helpful. Thansk u Femke ❤️
Thank you so much Femke for being so transparent 💫
You're welcome!
Don't be nervous, you did a brilliant job. Thank you for Sharing.
I'm from NZ too. Dayuum you're really in the top 3%! Nice 🙂
Ayeee thanks! Haha
Thank you a lot for this video and experience, I really always feel so underestimated myself and afraid to announce my expectation thinking it's too much.
~12.000-20.000 USD (gross) / year here, in Hungary. And this is a little bit above than the average salaries here.
In my country (India), a UX Designer earns $333 a month. Oh, and the 'UX' Designer also needs to do UI Design, Graphics Design and sometimes the programming too because it's all the same to the company.
As an Indian final year engineering student trying to break into this industry , this is a fact :(
In India they don't even hire Non design students until and unless you are from a tier 1 engineering institute which makes no sense . Startups want people to work for free. I am reconsidering this path and may divert to Business Analytics .
@@AntarixOfficial I do get offers from people (I'm from a Design college) but the pay is crap. Trying to get out of this country for once and for all.
@@TheSoundofTanay Even I get offers but from Vulture Startups ready to pay little to none. I guess the only option is to do my MS abroad
@@femkedesign can do that. And that's what a lot of us youngsters do. Get a Bachelors Degree, apply for Master's abroad and then move to a different country. Hopefully this works out for me!
@@TheSoundofTanay hey! I totally agree to your viewpoint. The Indian views really amazes me.
Hey Femke, thanks for sharing!
I'm in my first UI/UX designer job (straight otta uni) but am handling most of the design work. I'm wondering when's the best time to bump up the salary? I've been here for almost 10 months now, should it be after a big project or a certain time frame? (complete year etc) I'd say that I started with an okay salary, higher than average grads and i've been stuck to that till now.
I would say, as with almost any job, time on the job is less important than performance. So if you've made improvements in performance and/or taken on more responsibility then it may be a good time to ask for more money. It's all about how much value you can bring to the company. Ideally you will constantly be learning and improving, and consequently earning more for both yourself and the company you work for.
For the first months fresh out of school, most people are not actually creating enough value to pay their salary, but typically there is a lot of improvement in skill and performance in that first year. So if you're looking for a raise above your first starting salary I'd look at how much you've improved not from the beginning, but from the period a few months in where you were really getting the hang of the job. If you've grown a bunch after getting comfortable with the work, then it's probably time for a raise.