Designer (Product / UX) compensation
Designer (Product / UX) Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Designer (Product / UX) salary at AI startups is $175,250, based on 208 disclosed job postings ($31,500–$400,000 range). Updated September 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$31,500Minimum
$175,250Median
$400,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 208 disclosed salaries.
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Median Designer (Product / UX) salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Seed | $225,000 | 5 |
| Series D | $190,000 | 47 |
| Series B | $180,000 | 35 |
| Series G+ | $173,940 | 30 |
| Series F | $172,000 | 9 |
| Series C | $167,535 | 29 |
| Series A | $150,000 | 33 |
| Series E | $146,250 | 10 |
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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 208 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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