Service Designer salary
What a service designer actually earns, from 243 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.
Switch the market above to see service 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 service designer earns a blended US median near 122,007 dollars, with the typical middle running from 102,510 dollars to 145,519 dollars. The official OEWS median is 98,090 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 23 percent since 2021. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 109,088 dollars to 134,560 dollars. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is ux designer, at 19 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
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$102,510 – $145,519 · median $122,007
- United Kingdom$64,116 – $94,104 · median $73,939
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $126,960
- New Yorkmedian $121,700
- Utahmedian $99,300
- Texasmedian $89,630
- Oklahomamedian $83,640
- Wyomingmedian $51,320
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Quick answers
How much does a service designer make?
The blended US median is about 122,007 dollars, with a typical range from 102,510 dollars to 145,519 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 98,090 dollars.
What can a service designer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is ux designer, at 19 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 15-1255. Live corpus 243 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.