Industrial Designer salary
What a industrial designer actually earns, from 125 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
What the number means
An industrial designer earns a blended US median near 96,723 dollars, with the typical middle running from 72,890 dollars to 125,142 dollars. The official OEWS median is 79,450 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 15 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 81,579 dollars to 111,995 dollars. Demand is rated moderate, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is creative director, at 20 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open industrial designer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Industrial Designer, Contract-to-HireIdeo · San Francisco, CA$70k–$80kJul 12
- Staff Industrial DesignerPeloton · New York, New York$215kJul 9
- Senior Industrial Designer - TaiwanVerkada · Taipei, Taiwan$1640kJun 15
- Senior Industrial DesignerIdeo · Shanghai, ChinaMar 25
- Industrial DesignerEightsleep · San Francisco$100k–$125kJan 25
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $106,720
- Rhode Islandmedian $93,340
- Californiamedian $93,300
- New Yorkmedian $85,240
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Quick answers
How much does an industrial designer make?
The blended US median is about 96,723 dollars, with a typical range from 72,890 dollars to 125,142 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 79,450 dollars.
Is industrial designer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated moderate in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an industrial designer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is creative director, at 20 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 27-1021. Live corpus 125 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.