Director-level product designer salary

The median posted base pay for director-level product design and UX jobs is $250K a year, from 93 open jobs at 82 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $190K to $270K. One job in ten has posted pay above $333K.

Data of Nov 10, 2026. This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay: $250K
Middle half of the jobs: $190K to $270K
10th to 90th percentile: $150K to $333K
Open jobs with posted pay: 93
Companies: 82

Product designer pay by level

Posted base pay for product design and UX jobs, by the level in the job title. This page is about the director-level level. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

Level not stated396 jobs$161K$125K to $200K
Senior461 jobs$175K$150K to $201K
Staff135 jobs$215K$190K to $233K
Principal49 jobs$214K$155K to $255K
Director+93 jobs$250K$190K to $270K

Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Pay bands by level, design. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Jobs with pay
Level not stated	$95K	$125K	$161K	$200K	$237K	396
Senior	$118K	$150K	$175K	$201K	$222K	461
Staff	$170K	$190K	$215K	$233K	$256K	135
Principal	$126K	$155K	$214K	$255K	$278K	49
Director+	$150K	$190K	$250K	$270K	$333K	93

Top-paying companies for director-level product design and UX jobs

The companies with the highest median posted base pay for director-level product design and UX jobs. A company name opens its levels in the pay explorer.

1Capital One$247K7 jobs

The median posted base pay of each company for director-level product design and UX jobs. We use the middle point of each posted range. A company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Company salaries:
Capital One

Director-level product designer pay by US region

The median posted base pay for director-level product design and UX jobs in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs.

Bay Area27 jobs+5%$263K
US remote22 jobs+1%$252K
New York28 jobs−1%$248K
Other US cities26 jobs−1%$247K

The median posted base pay for director-level design in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs ($250K). A job that lists two regions counts in each region. A region needs 20 or more jobs. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Pay by region, director-level design. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Region	Median posted base pay	Against the US median	Jobs with pay
Bay Area	$263K	+5%	27
US remote	$252K	+1%	22
New York	$248K	−1%	28
Other US cities	$247K	−1%	26
All US jobs	$250K	0%	81

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How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.