550+ Design & UX Jobs in Dallas, TX

Government wage data for the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media family in DFW shows a 2025 annual mean of $70,220, a median of $58,700, a 75th percentile of $78,790, and a 90th percentile of $106,150. The local Callings.ai job database, which skews toward currently advertised digital roles, shows posted salary ranges centering on about $80k to $122k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $65k to $163k. Texas design openings tracked by Revelio Public Labor Statistics show a mean offered salary of ~$74,642 in September 2026 (n=735).

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Advertised pay

Across the 253 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $77,500 at the 25th percentile, $100,700 at the median and $149,375 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

DFW is a competitive, not collapsing, market for design and UX over the next 3-6 months. Metro nonfarm employment was up 0.9991% year-over-year in August 2026, and Professional and Business Services was up 3.1429%, but Information was down 2.0690%. Texas-level design signals are mixed: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows design, creative & UX postings up 5.1% year-over-year in September 2026 while employment in the field was down 0.5% year-over-year. Local openings are real but selective, with more than 100 sampled postings across more than 75 companies over the last 90 days and a mix tilted toward mid and senior roles.

Best positioned: Mid-career candidates who can show Figma, design systems, prototyping, and domain fluency for financial services or IT consulting have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating DFW like a remote-first, junior-friendly market when the sample is about 55% on-site, about 35% hybrid, about 10% remote, and only about 15% entry-level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 578 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Micron Technology, Inc.: 28 open roles
2. RTX Corp.: 15 open roles
3. Lockheed Martin Corporation: 13 open roles
4. Texas Instruments Incorporated: 10 open roles
5. Albertsons Companies, Inc.: 9 open roles
6. Qorvo Inc: 9 open roles
7. E-Space Inc.: 6 open roles
8. Floor & Decor: 6 open roles
9. HKS Inc: 6 open roles
10. Jacobs Engineering Group: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Dallas: 224
• Richardson: 58
• Fort Worth: 49
• Plano: 48
• Irving: 20
• Arlington: 18
• Frisco: 18
• McKinney: 17

Work arrangement

on-site 411 (73%), hybrid 134 (24%), remote 19 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity in DFW is concentrated less in standalone studios and more in enterprise-heavy sectors. In the local posting sample, financial services account for about 25% of activity, IT services and consulting about 20%, technology about 15%, advertising services about 10%, and software development about 10%. That lines up with the broader metro backdrop: Professional and Business Services employment was up 3.1429% year-over-year in August 2026. Employer demand is also spread across a long tail rather than dominated by one brand. Over the last 90 days, the sample shows more than 100 postings across more than 75 companies, with active names including Ryan Group, Thomson Reuters Corporation, RosanneBECK Collections, Flywheel, Elevate, Wingstop, ServiceLink LP, and Photon, and the employer mix is classified as fragmented. For job seekers, that means relationship-building with consulting firms, in-house design teams, and business-service employers matters more than waiting on a few marquee openings. The weakest concentration is likely in information-sector-adjacent employers, because DFW Information employment was down 2.0690% year-over-year in August 2026.

• Financial services and enterprise platforms (high): This is the biggest visible slice of the local sample, at about 25%, and it tends to reward designers who can work in regulated or operations-heavy environments.
• IT services, consulting, and software delivery (high): IT services and consulting account for about 20% of the local sample, with software development adding about 10%, which favors portfolio stories about client delivery, systems thinking, and handoff.
• Advertising, consumer brand, and visual creative (moderate): Advertising services are about 10% of the sample, so this lane exists but is smaller than many candidates expect in DFW.

Where to focus: Prioritize enterprise UX, product design, and design-systems roles in finance, consulting, and B2B software before agency-only searches.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end developer / design engineer: Designers are increasingly doing more implementation, coding, and prototyping work, and the broader web developers and digital designers occupation is projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035.
• Product manager: Many designers report taking on work traditionally tied to product management, such as validation, prioritization, and cross-functional coordination.
• Accessibility specialist: Accessibility and inclusive design are showing up in local design programming, making this a plausible specialization path for enterprise UX candidates.
• Web developer: The web developers and digital designers occupation has a $104,000 national median and 5% projected growth, which makes it a practical adjacent path for designers willing to code.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Local postings most often mention Figma, and the local sample puts it at about 45% of requests. Who: Everyone targeting UX, UI, product, or modern brand-system work.
• Design systems (premium | immediate): Design systems show up repeatedly in local sampled postings and are also highlighted in broader DFW skill sampling, making them a separator for product and enterprise UX roles. Who: Mid-career designers and switchers aiming at enterprise or consulting environments.
• Prototyping and wireframing (table_stakes | immediate): Both appear repeatedly in local sampled postings, which makes them baseline proof of process rather than optional extras. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates who need to show end-to-end problem solving.
• Adobe Creative Suite (differentiator | near-term): Adobe Creative Suite appears in about 30% of local sampled postings, with Photoshop and Illustrator at about 20% each and InDesign at about 15%, especially for brand and visual design work. Who: Visual designers, brand designers, and candidates trying to keep both digital and traditional creative paths open.
• Accessibility and inclusive design (differentiator | near-term): Local professional programming this fall is explicitly featuring accessibility and inclusive design, which suggests ongoing relevance in DFW UX conversations and hiring prep. Who: UX, product, and front-end-adjacent candidates who want enterprise credibility.
• AI fluency and prompt/context design (premium | immediate): AI is now being used to speed research, prototyping, and interface exploration, and half of surveyed design leaders said AI fluency carries more weight in hiring. Hiring managers for UI/UX roles are also increasingly looking for AI tool fluency alongside traditional craft. Who: Mid-career designers, switchers, and anyone competing for product or systems-heavy roles.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Government wage data for the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media family in DFW shows a 2025 annual mean of $70,220, a median of $58,700, a 75th percentile of $78,790, and a 90th percentile of $106,150. The local Callings.ai job database, which skews toward currently advertised digital roles, shows posted salary ranges centering on about $80k to $122k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $65k to $163k. Texas design openings tracked by Revelio Public Labor Statistics show a mean offered salary of ~$74,642 in September 2026 (n=735). DFW effectively has at least two pay markets: lower-paid visual and production-heavy creative work, and better-paid product, UX, and design-systems work. The higher current posted ranges are more consistent with digital interface and enterprise design than with the whole creative category.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity in DFW is concentrated less in standalone studios and more in enterprise-heavy sectors. In the local posting sample, financial services account for about 25% of activity, IT services and consulting about 20%, technology about 15%, advertising services about 10%, and software development about 10%. That lines up with the broader metro backdrop: Professional and Business Services employment was up 3.1429% year-over-year in August 2026. Employer demand is also spread across a long tail rather than dominated by one brand. Over the last 90 days, the sample shows more than 100 postings across more than 75 companies, with active names including Ryan Group, Thomson Reuters Corporation, RosanneBECK Collections, Flywheel, Elevate, Wingstop, ServiceLink LP, and Photon, and the employer mix is classified as fragmented. For job seekers, that means relationship-building with consulting firms, in-house design teams, and business-service employers matters more than waiting on a few marquee openings. The weakest concentration is likely in information-sector-adjacent employers, because DFW Information employment was down 2.0690% year-over-year in August 2026.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Ryan Group (5 postings), Thomson Reuters Corporation (5 postings), RosanneBECK Collections (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 55% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

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