Motion Designer salary
What a motion designer actually earns, from 189 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 2026-09-07.
Switch the market above to see motion designer pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A motion designer earns a blended US median near 110,583 dollars, with the typical middle running from 81,043 dollars to 152,144 dollars. The official OEWS median is 99,800 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 33 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 81,718 dollars to 99,876 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 4% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is graphic designer, at 66 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open motion designer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
MTUK - Lead Motion Designer at DeptLondonTodayApply
Senior Manager, Motion Designer (EU) at Athletic GreensRemote$89k–$110k2d agoApply
Cinematic Animator at CI GamesSpain · Remote2d agoApply
Motion Graphics Artist at Micro1Remote2d agoApply- Freelancer Editor de Vídeo & Motion Designer at ABG LOCACOES AUDIOVISUAIS LTDAJaboatão dos Guararapes - PE2d agoApply
2D Animator (Cleanup Artist) at Kraymer ArtMalaysia · Remote3d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$81,043$110,583$152,144
- United Kingdom$45,570$59,047$76,991
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'730/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 21 Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Ingenieure: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- California$128,360
- New York$102,170
- Colorado$95,130
- Ohio$83,530
- Kansas$83,210
- Utah$62,820
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a motion designer profile already covers.
- 65 open brand designer roles$124,709 median · +$14,126 · 38% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a motion designer.
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Related salaries
- Graphic Designer salary$71,282 median
- Brand Designer salary$124,709 median
- Industrial Designer salary$100,224 median
Quick answers
How much does a motion designer make?
The blended US median is about 110,583 dollars, with a typical range from 81,043 dollars to 152,144 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 99,800 dollars.
Is motion designer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 4% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a motion designer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is graphic designer, at 66 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 27-1014. Live corpus 189 observations, 2026-09-07. Definitions in the glossary.