UX Designer Jobs in Columbus, OH

Observed local pay is mixed because the cleanest Columbus government series is broad rather than design-only: the local arts/design/media major group showed a $57,780 median, $65,130 mean, $79,450 75th percentile, and $104,790 90th percentile in 2025, while the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group averaged $38.36 per hour in May 2025. As a proxy for UX/UI-heavy work, a BLS-derived local estimate for web and digital interface designers put median pay around $96,010 in Columbus, but that figure is indirect and lagged.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 75 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $66,792 at the 25th percentile, $104,750 at the median and $135,200 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Columbus is a workable but selective market for Design, Creative & UX over the next 3-6 months. Metro unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, but two local sectors that often absorb design talent—Information and Professional and Business Services—were down 4.4199% and 4.2879% year over year. Statewide, Ohio design employment was essentially flat year over year while active postings were down 3.3%, so demand looks steady-to-soft rather than expanding.

Best positioned: Mid-to-senior designers who can show Figma, design systems, strong visual craft, interaction design, and user research have the best odds right now, because local postings skew about 45% mid level and about 35% senior while those skills appear most often in the sample.

Main caution: Do not mistake a healthy Columbus economy for an easy design job search: the observed local sample was more than 20 postings across around 15 companies over the last 90 days, and only about 10% of roles were entry level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 133 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Jacobs Engineering Group: 6 open roles
2. Amazon: 5 open roles
3. ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.: 4 open roles
4. Path Robotics: 4 open roles
5. ATS Industrial Automation Inc.: 3 open roles
6. Battelle: 3 open roles
7. F3 Learning: 3 open roles
8. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.: 2 open roles
9. Anduril Industries, Inc.: 2 open roles
10. CESO, Inc.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Columbus: 85
• Westerville: 5
• New Albany: 4
• Grove City: 4
• Dublin: 4
• Orange Township: 4
• Lewis Center: 3
• Reynoldsburg: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 91 (69%), hybrid 27 (21%), remote 13 (10%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunities appear concentrated in a small in-house market rather than a broad creative free-for-all. In the local sample, more than 20 design postings were spread across around 15 companies over the last 90 days, with the most consistently active employers including Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret & Co., and Makeshift Software Inc. That same sample skews about 45% mid level, about 35% senior, and about 15% lead+, which means many employers want someone who can contribute with limited ramp time. The stronger targets are consumer brand teams, digital product and web teams, and corporate design groups attached to health, finance, and community institutions. CCAD's collaboration network names Cardinal Health, JPMorgan Chase, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Huntington Bank, Pelotonia, Airstream, and 99P Labs among local or regional partners, which is not a hiring announcement but does show which kinds of organizations are plugged into Columbus design talent pipelines. At the same time, Columbus Information employment was down 4.4199% year over year and Professional and Business Services employment was down 4.2879%, so agency-style and pure web-shop searches may feel tighter than the headline unemployment rate suggests.

• In-house retail and brand design (high): The clearest named local employers in the sample are consumer brands, led by Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Victoria's Secret, and Victoria's Secret & Co.
• Digital product, web, and UX execution (moderate): Local postings most often call for Figma, visual design, design systems, interaction design, user research, and user experience design, which fits product-design and digital-interface work more than pure print or campaign creative.
• Healthcare, finance, and institutional design (moderate): Local partnership signals connect design talent to employers and organizations such as Cardinal Health, JPMorgan Chase, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Huntington Bank, and Pelotonia, suggesting that domain-aware design can matter as much as pure portfolio polish.

Where to focus: Focus first on mid-level in-house product or brand roles where you can combine strong craft with systems thinking, then widen into healthcare, finance, and institutional teams that value domain fluency.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end web developer: It keeps you close to interface design and product work while widening the pool of openings.
• Instructional designer: It rewards information architecture, visual communication, and user-centered thinking in a steadier employer set.
• Product manager: Strong UX strategists sometimes transition well because they already work at the intersection of users, delivery, and business priorities.
• Design operations or program manager: This path fits designers who are strong at systems, process, tooling, and cross-functional execution.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Figma appears in about 45% of local Design, Creative & UX postings, making it the clearest baseline tool skill in Columbus. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level candidates who need a fast credibility signal.
• Design systems (differentiator | immediate): Design systems show up in about 30% of local postings, which usually signals employers want repeatable, cross-team design work rather than one-off visuals. Who: Mid-career designers, product designers, and career switchers targeting digital teams.
• Visual design and polish (premium | immediate): Visual design appears in about 30% of local postings, and Figma's survey says 58% of designers and hiring managers ranked visual polish as the most important skill. Who: Brand, product, and UX candidates who need to stand out in a small market.
• Interaction design and user research (differentiator | immediate): Interaction design appears in about 25% of local postings, while user research and user experience design each show up in about 20%, which means employers want evidence of decision-making, not just screens. Who: Anyone pursuing UX, UI, or product-heavy roles.
• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (table_stakes | near-term): Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator each appear in about 25% of local postings, so they still matter for brand, marketing, and asset-production work even in a Figma-led market. Who: Graphic, brand, and hybrid digital designers.
• AI-assisted design workflows (differentiator | near-term): Figma found that 54% of hiring managers ranked designing with AI among the five most in-demand skills, and Adobe said AI skills appeared in 15% of U.S. creative postings in April 2026, up from 10% in September 2025. Who: Mid-career designers and career switchers who need to show current workflow fluency without losing craft quality.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Columbus, OH?

Observed local pay is mixed because the cleanest Columbus government series is broad rather than design-only: the local arts/design/media major group showed a $57,780 median, $65,130 mean, $79,450 75th percentile, and $104,790 90th percentile in 2025, while the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group averaged $38.36 per hour in May 2025. As a proxy for UX/UI-heavy work, a BLS-derived local estimate for web and digital interface designers put median pay around $96,010 in Columbus, but that figure is indirect and lagged. Columbus can pay reasonably for general creative work and materially better for true digital product or UX work; Ohio's mean offered salary on new design openings was about $64,999 versus about $61,592 across all Ohio openings.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Columbus, OH concentrated?

Real opportunities appear concentrated in a small in-house market rather than a broad creative free-for-all. In the local sample, more than 20 design postings were spread across around 15 companies over the last 90 days, with the most consistently active employers including Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret & Co., and Makeshift Software Inc. That same sample skews about 45% mid level, about 35% senior, and about 15% lead+, which means many employers want someone who can contribute with limited ramp time. The stronger targets are consumer brand teams, digital product and web teams, and corporate design groups attached to health, finance, and community institutions. CCAD's collaboration network names Cardinal Health, JPMorgan Chase, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Huntington Bank, Pelotonia, Airstream, and 99P Labs among local or regional partners, which is not a hiring announcement but does show which kinds of organizations are plugged into Columbus design talent pipelines. At the same time, Columbus Information employment was down 4.4199% year over year and Professional and Business Services employment was down 4.2879%, so agency-style and pure web-shop searches may feel tighter than the headline unemployment rate suggests.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in Columbus, OH?

Recent postings show the most activity from Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (5 postings), Victoria's Secret (5 postings), Victoria's Secret & Co. (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in Columbus, OH be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 25% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 45% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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