Designer (Product / UX) compensation
Designer (Product / UX) Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Designer (Product / UX) salary at AI startups is $174,813, based on 260 disclosed job postings ($55,000–$362,750 range). Updated October 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$55,000Minimum
$174,813Median
$362,750Maximum
Sample size: based on 260 disclosed salaries.
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Median Designer (Product / UX) salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Seed | $212,500 | 8 |
| Series D | $195,000 | 47 |
| Growth | $187,500 | 5 |
| Series G+ | $183,200 | 42 |
| Series B | $172,903 | 40 |
| Series E | $170,000 | 19 |
| Private Equity | $167,009 | 6 |
| Series C | $165,000 | 25 |
| Series F | $164,000 | 12 |
| Debt | $159,611 | 8 |
| Series A | $150,000 | 43 |
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How we calculate this
Roughly a quarter of AI-startup postings disclose pay. We extract the USD range from those that do, normalize each to a midpoint, and aggregate across distinct postings (deduplicated by posting ID). The minimum, median, and maximum above are based on 260 disclosed salaries. We publish aggregate ranges only, never a single company's salary, so the numbers stay representative rather than anecdotal.
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