Principal product designer salary

The median posted base pay for principal product design and UX jobs is $203K a year, from 54 open jobs at 43 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $165K to $250K. One job in ten has posted pay above $273K.

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: $203K
Middle half of the jobs: $165K to $250K
10th to 90th percentile: $132K to $273K
Open jobs with posted pay: 54
Companies: 43

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 principal level. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

Level not stated434 jobs$160K$124K to $200K
Senior508 jobs$175K$150K to $202K
Staff146 jobs$215K$189K to $233K
Principal54 jobs$203K$165K to $250K
Director+98 jobs$250K$195K to $275K

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	$124K	$160K	$200K	$236K	434
Senior	$116K	$150K	$175K	$202K	$224K	508
Staff	$170K	$189K	$215K	$233K	$255K	146
Principal	$132K	$165K	$203K	$250K	$273K	54
Director+	$150K	$195K	$250K	$275K	$333K	98

Top-paying companies for principal product design and UX jobs

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

1Capital One$130K5 jobs

The median posted base pay of each company for principal 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

Principal product designer pay by US region

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

Other US cities26 jobs−9%$186K

The median posted base pay for principal design in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs ($203K). 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, principal design. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Region	Median posted base pay	Against the US median	Jobs with pay
Other US cities	$186K	−9%	26
All US jobs	$203K	0%	52

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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.