1,500+ Design & UX Jobs in New York, NY

Government wage data for the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupational family in the metro shows a $86,000 median, $109,230 mean, $61,970 at the 25th percentile, and $129,960 at the 75th percentile in 2025. That is an observed benchmark, but it is broader than UX or product design alone. For current market direction, local posted salary ranges center on about $122k to $164k, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new New York design openings at about $90,591 in September 2026 with n=1,384.

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Advertised pay

Across the 1,301 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $80,000 at the 25th percentile, $110,000 at the median and $160,000 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

This is still one of the deepest design markets in the country, but it is not an easy one to crack. Metro unemployment was 4.7% in August 2026 and total metro nonfarm employment was up 0.5029% year-over-year, so the local labor market is healthier than it was a year ago. For design specifically, arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations accounted for 2.0% of metro employment versus 1.3% nationally, showing New York remains unusually dense with creative work. But Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows New York design, creative & UX employment essentially flat year-over-year while active postings were up 6.6%, which points to selective hiring rather than broad expansion.

Best positioned: Strong mid-level and senior product or UX designers who can show shipped work in Figma, prototyping, design systems, interaction design, and user research for software, fintech, or agency clients have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming high salary bands mean easy access; the local sample skews about 45% senior and only about 10% entry, with only about 10% of roles listed as remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,642 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Design Better Podcast: 35 open roles
2. City of New York: 19 open roles
3. J.P. Morgan SE: 16 open roles
4. G-III Apparel Group: 15 open roles
5. Bath Planet: 14 open roles
6. Jacobs Engineering Group: 13 open roles
7. BCI Brands: 12 open roles
8. Jersey Digs: 12 open roles
9. Madewell, Inc.: 11 open roles
10. KnitWell Group: 10 open roles

Where the openings are

• New York: 1,315
• Brooklyn: 23
• Morristown: 13
• Jersey City: 11
• New York City: 10
• Newark: 10
• Stamford: 9
• Port Washington: 9

Work arrangement

on-site 989 (62%), hybrid 538 (33%), remote 79 (5%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in digital product environments, not evenly spread across every creative sub-role. In the local posting sample, software development accounts for about 25% of demand, technology about 20%, financial services about 15%, and advertising services about 15%. Revelio Public Labor Statistics also shows New York design, creative & UX postings up 6.6% year-over-year while employment is essentially flat, which is what a selective, proof-driven market looks like. The employer base is broad rather than winner-take-all. The sample is fragmented across employers, with recurring names including Content Creators, Etsy, Adelphi Group, Design Better Podcast, Konrad, Amazon, Wana Create, and Under Technologies. Roles are also more local than remote-first: about 50% of sampled openings are on-site, about 40% hybrid, and about 10% remote, so candidates who can interview and work locally have an advantage. There is also a real split between digital interface work and more general creative work. National BLS projections are stronger for web developers and digital designers at 7% growth from 2024 to 2034, while graphic designers are projected at 2.1% growth over the same period. In practice, that means portfolios built around product flows, systems, and interaction decisions have more momentum than portfolios built only around polished visuals.

• Product and UX work in software and technology (high): This is the clearest opportunity cluster. Software development and technology together account for about 45% of sampled local demand, and the most-requested skills center on Figma, prototyping, design systems, interaction design, and user research.
• Fintech and financial-services design (high): Financial services represent about 15% of sampled demand, which matters in New York because local finance employment remains large and national finance wage benchmarks are above the private-sector average.
• Agency and advertising services (moderate): Advertising services make up about 15% of sampled demand, so this remains a valid lane for brand, campaign, and multi-client designers, especially if you can show speed and variety.
• Generalist graphic design (limited): This lane is still viable, but national growth projections are slower for graphic designers than for digital interface-oriented work, so pure visual portfolios have less tailwind unless paired with product or systems capability.

Where to focus: Prioritize hybrid product-design and design-systems roles in software, fintech, and complex-service companies first, then use agency and startup pipelines as secondary bets.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end web developer: It sits close to interface design and rewards candidates who can turn layouts, components, and flows into production-ready UI.
• Product manager for UX-heavy products: Strong designers who already think in priorities, tradeoffs, and user problems can pivot into product ownership.
• Creative project manager or design program manager: This path uses design-team context, cross-functional coordination, and workflow literacy without requiring the same portfolio bar as senior IC design roles.
• Customer experience analyst or service operations analyst: It lets you use journey thinking, research habits, and process improvement in service-heavy organizations.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Figma appears in about 50% of sampled local postings, making it the default tool signal for serious design hiring in this market. Who: Everyone in UX, UI, product, and digital visual design.
• Prototyping (table_stakes | immediate): Prototyping shows up in about 35% of local postings and is one of the core skills most often attached to indexed UX-design jobs nationally. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone whose portfolio looks too static.
• Design systems (premium | immediate): Design systems appear in about 30% of local postings and are also a top recurring skill in UX-design job summaries, which makes them a strong filter for higher-trust roles. Who: Mid-career designers who want to move above generalist competition.
• Interaction design and user research (differentiator | immediate): Interaction design appears in about 25% of local postings and user research in about 20%, so employers are not just buying visual polish; they want evidence of decision-making and validation. Who: UX, product, and career-switching candidates who need to prove rigor.
• Adobe Creative Suite (differentiator | near-term): Adobe Creative Suite appears in about 20% of local postings, which matters most for brand, motion, visual, and campaign-adjacent roles rather than pure product design. Who: Visual designers, motion designers, illustrators, and brand-focused applicants.
• AI-assisted creative workflows (differentiator | near-term): AI use is becoming normal in creative work: 81% of creative professionals in a September 2026 survey said they had released content made with AI, while Adobe Firefly and Runway were highlighted for workflow automation and video-generation capability. Who: Visual, motion, content-adjacent, and experimental product designers who want to show speed without looking generic.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Government wage data for the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupational family in the metro shows a $86,000 median, $109,230 mean, $61,970 at the 25th percentile, and $129,960 at the 75th percentile in 2025. That is an observed benchmark, but it is broader than UX or product design alone. For current market direction, local posted salary ranges center on about $122k to $164k, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new New York design openings at about $90,591 in September 2026 with n=1,384. New York does pay above national broad-occupation benchmarks: the metro mean for the broader creative family was $109,230 versus $79,790 nationally, and the metro median was $86,000 versus $62,750 nationally. But the local premium is concentrated in digital product, system-oriented, and senior individual-contributor work rather than in every creative sub-role.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in digital product environments, not evenly spread across every creative sub-role. In the local posting sample, software development accounts for about 25% of demand, technology about 20%, financial services about 15%, and advertising services about 15%. Revelio Public Labor Statistics also shows New York design, creative & UX postings up 6.6% year-over-year while employment is essentially flat, which is what a selective, proof-driven market looks like. The employer base is broad rather than winner-take-all. The sample is fragmented across employers, with recurring names including Content Creators, Etsy, Adelphi Group, Design Better Podcast, Konrad, Amazon, Wana Create, and Under Technologies. Roles are also more local than remote-first: about 50% of sampled openings are on-site, about 40% hybrid, and about 10% remote, so candidates who can interview and work locally have an advantage. There is also a real split between digital interface work and more general creative work. National BLS projections are stronger for web developers and digital designers at 7% growth from 2024 to 2034, while graphic designers are projected at 2.1% growth over the same period. In practice, that means portfolios built around product flows, systems, and interaction decisions have more momentum than portfolios built only around polished visuals.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Recent postings show the most activity from Content Creators (10 postings), Etsy, Inc. (10 postings), Adelphi Group (10 postings), Design Better Podcast (10 postings), Konrad (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 40% hybrid, with 50% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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