Sound Designer salary
What a sound designer actually earns, from 153 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
A sound designer earns a blended US median near 142,619 dollars, with the typical middle running from 137,898 dollars to 147,081 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 21 percent since 2019.
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How much does a sound designer make?
The blended US median is about 142,619 dollars, with a typical range from 137,898 dollars to 147,081 dollars.
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 27-4014. Live corpus 153 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.