UX Designer Jobs in Houston, TX

Observed local pay reads as middle-of-market rather than premium. Houston's broad arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group averaged $27.41 per hour in May 2025, while the broader SOC 27-0000 media and communication family averaged $64,890 a year with a $50,230 median and a $36,400 to $106,960 25th-to-90th percentile range. Directional proxy pay on new openings is somewhat higher at ~$74,642 for Texas Design, Creative & UX roles in September 2026, but that figure is a statewide mean offered salary on new postings, not a Houston posted-salary median.

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Advertised pay

Across the 86 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $76,500 at the 25th percentile, $100,000 at the median and $135,800 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

Houston is a competitive rather than collapsing market for Design, Creative & UX right now. The metro unemployment rate was 5% in August 2026, above Texas at 4.4% and the U.S. at 4.2%, which means employers still have leverage in hiring. At the same time, Houston added 44,700 jobs over the year, and local professional and business services employment rose 2.5944% year-over-year, so there is still a real base for in-house, agency, and services-side design work. The catch is that information employment fell -5.9028% year-over-year, and the local posting sample shows only more than 20 openings across more than 20 companies over the last 90 days, so openings exist but are not deep enough to make this an easy search.

Best positioned: Mid-career candidates who can show Figma plus Adobe fluency, wireframing and prototyping skill, and openness to hybrid or on-site work have the best odds.

Main caution: Do not mistake Houston's overall job growth for abundant remote UX hiring; only about 20% of sampled roles were remote and only about 10% were entry-level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 313 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Kent Plc: 11 open roles
2. Consor: 10 open roles
3. RPT Alliance LLC: 10 open roles
4. Jacobs Engineering Group: 9 open roles
5. Fluor Corporation: 8 open roles
6. Audubon Companies: 6 open roles
7. Bowman Company: 6 open roles
8. Consor: 6 open roles
9. Hays Electrical Services, Inc.: 4 open roles
10. McDermott International: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Houston: 236
• The Woodlands: 10
• Katy: 10
• Deer Park: 10
• Spring: 6
• Sugar Land: 6
• Pasadena: 5
• Harris County: 3

Work arrangement

on-site 236 (77%), hybrid 58 (19%), remote 11 (4%)

Where the demand is

Houston's best Design, Creative & UX opportunities are not spread evenly across every creative niche. The local sample shows more than 20 postings across more than 20 companies over the last 90 days, and most of those roles cluster above entry level rather than in junior hiring. The strongest local industry backdrop is professional and business services, which was up 2.5944% year-over-year in August 2026, making agency, consulting, and service-heavy in-house organizations the most dependable target set. The next layer is sector-specialized visual and experiential work. Local business context points to environmental graphics and branded physical experiences serving construction, energy, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and technology, while Houston's health-innovation scene is still producing product-development activity even when explicit design hiring is not announced. By contrast, digital-product-heavy roles tied to information employers are more selective because Houston information employment fell -5.9028% year-over-year. This means Houston is better for candidates who can map their portfolio to real operating sectors such as B2B services, healthcare, industrial, built environment, or retail than for generalists chasing remote-first consumer app jobs. The most-requested local hard skills are Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, wireframing, and prototyping, which points to execution and workflow fluency as the real entry ticket.

• Professional and business services / agency-side design (high): This is the clearest local demand pocket because Houston professional and business services employment was up 2.5944% year-over-year in August 2026.
• Sector-specialized brand, environmental, and experiential design (moderate): Local context highlights environmental graphics and branded experience work tied to construction, energy, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and technology rather than pure consumer-tech design.
• Digital product / UX/UI roles tied to information employers (moderate): These roles still exist and strongly value Figma, wireframing, and prototyping, but they sit against a weaker local information-sector backdrop.
• Entry-level remote-only creative roles (limited): This is the toughest slice because only about 10% of sampled roles were entry-level and about 20% were remote.

Where to focus: Focus on mid-level hybrid or on-site roles where you can show Figma plus Adobe execution and one sector lens such as healthcare, industrial, energy, retail, or B2B services.

Roles worth searching next

• Web developer / digital interface designer: It keeps you close to UX and interface work while expanding into implementation, which can open more roles than pure visual design alone.
• Creative operations / traffic / project manager: It fits designers who already understand revisions, handoffs, vendors, and production timelines.
• Product manager: Strong UX or product designers already think in user problems, tradeoffs, and prioritization.
• Marketing operations / lifecycle specialist: Designers with web, email, asset-production, and testing experience can move into roles closer to demand generation and optimization.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Figma appeared in about 60% of sampled local postings and remains a leading collaboration tool for product and UX/UI work. Who: Anyone targeting UX, UI, product, or digital design roles.
• Adobe Creative Suite / Creative Cloud (table_stakes | immediate): Adobe Creative Suite showed up in about 30% of sampled local postings, and Adobe Creative Cloud appeared in about 15%, making Adobe fluency a baseline for many visual and brand-heavy roles. Who: Graphic designers, brand designers, motion designers, and UI candidates who need broader visual-production credibility.
• Wireframing (table_stakes | immediate): Wireframing appeared in about 25% of sampled local postings, which signals that employers want structured problem solving, not just polished visuals. Who: UX, product, and career-switching candidates who need to prove process.
• Prototyping (differentiator | immediate): Prototyping also appeared in about 25% of sampled local postings, and it helps separate candidates who can ship interaction ideas from those who can only present comps. Who: UX/UI and product-design candidates, especially those coming from pure visual backgrounds.
• Illustrator (differentiator | near-term): Illustrator appeared in about 15% of sampled local postings, which matters in Houston because sector-specialized visual work often spans brand systems, diagrams, signage, and production assets. Who: Brand, environmental, packaging, and production-oriented designers.
• Adobe Certified Professional (differentiator | near-term): It was the certification most often required in sampled local postings, even though it appeared in only about 5%, so it is not mandatory but can help a resume stand out. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers who need a simple proof-of-tools signal.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Observed local pay reads as middle-of-market rather than premium. Houston's broad arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group averaged $27.41 per hour in May 2025, while the broader SOC 27-0000 media and communication family averaged $64,890 a year with a $50,230 median and a $36,400 to $106,960 25th-to-90th percentile range. Directional proxy pay on new openings is somewhat higher at ~$74,642 for Texas Design, Creative & UX roles in September 2026, but that figure is a statewide mean offered salary on new postings, not a Houston posted-salary median. Houston pays like a solid mid-market creative hub. You can make a good living here, but the strongest compensation tends to sit in narrower specialties or product-adjacent work rather than broad generalist design.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX concentrated?

Houston's best Design, Creative & UX opportunities are not spread evenly across every creative niche. The local sample shows more than 20 postings across more than 20 companies over the last 90 days, and most of those roles cluster above entry level rather than in junior hiring. The strongest local industry backdrop is professional and business services, which was up 2.5944% year-over-year in August 2026, making agency, consulting, and service-heavy in-house organizations the most dependable target set. The next layer is sector-specialized visual and experiential work. Local business context points to environmental graphics and branded physical experiences serving construction, energy, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and technology, while Houston's health-innovation scene is still producing product-development activity even when explicit design hiring is not announced. By contrast, digital-product-heavy roles tied to information employers are more selective because Houston information employment fell -5.9028% year-over-year. This means Houston is better for candidates who can map their portfolio to real operating sectors such as B2B services, healthcare, industrial, built environment, or retail than for generalists chasing remote-first consumer app jobs. The most-requested local hard skills are Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, wireframing, and prototyping, which points to execution and workflow fluency as the real entry ticket.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from AgileEngine, LLC. (5 postings), Quad (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 20% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 45% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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