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Graphic Designers

Salary benchmarks based on 99 public records across 4 cities.

What do Graphic Designers do?

Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects. Excludes “Web and Digital Interface Designers” (15-1255).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, SOC 2018 (SOC 27-1024)

Avg experience: 5 years

Salary Overview

Weighted average across all cities with available data. Based on 99 data points.

$106K

P25

$133K

Median

$165K

P75

P25 $106K Median $133K P75 $165K

Top Paying Cities

San Francisco, CA
$175K n=28 Seattle, WA
$145K n=16 Los Angeles, CA
$111K n=10 New York, NY
$108K n=45

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Last updated: 2026-06-08