UX Researcher salary

What a ux researcher actually earns, from 179 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 2026-09-06.

Pay in2 markets measured

$125,877Median (blended)

$99,163–$179,813Typical range (25th–75th)

$109,840Official OEWS median

7.8%Unemployment 2025

+18%OEWS since 2019

1kUS employed

Switch the market above to see ux researcher 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.

United States pay over time · 25th–75th band · official OEWS with the live 2026 read

What the number means

An ux researcher earns a blended US median near 125,877 dollars, with the typical middle running from 99,163 dollars to 179,813 dollars. The official OEWS median is 109,840 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 18 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 104,500 dollars to 117,007 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 6% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is creative director, at 19 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.

Open ux researcher roles

Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.

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By seniority

Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.

Mid$104,500
Senior$117,007

By country

United Kingdom$63,101$74,586$103,816
United States$99,163$125,877$179,813

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.

P10CHF 5'985
P25CHF 7'194
MedianCHF 8'730
P75CHF 10'720
P90CHF 13'151

Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.

Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach

Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a ux researcher profile already covers.

600 open product manager roles$171,066 median · +$45,189 · 28% readiness
600 open marketing manager roles$137,211 median · +$11,334 · 17% readiness
217 open creative director roles$135,457 median · +$9,580 · 19% readiness

Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a ux researcher.

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Creative Director salary$135,457 median
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Quick answers

How much does an ux researcher make?

The blended US median is about 125,877 dollars, with a typical range from 99,163 dollars to 179,813 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 109,840 dollars.

Is ux researcher a good career in 2026?

Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 6% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.

What can an ux researcher move into?

The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is creative director, at 19 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.

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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 19-3032. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Web and digital interface designers.” Live corpus 179 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.