UX Designer Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

Observed local pay is broad, not title-clean. BLS put Pittsburgh's arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group at $31.59 per hour in May 2025, and the broader media and communication family at a $55,850 median, $65,710 mean, $76,420 at the 75th percentile, and $106,890 at the 90th percentile. The same BLS release notes that current Pittsburgh-only UX/UI or product-design medians are not listed directly in the metro summary release. Estimated posting-based pay is lower and should be treated as directional: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Pennsylvania design, creative & UX openings averaging about $60,319 in September 2026 on a sample of 401 postings, versus about $77,095 nationally on a sample of 11,704.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 41 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $76,082 at the 25th percentile, $92,500 at the median and $135,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

Live from the Callings.ai index of over 13 million postings, refreshed hourly and re-checked here nightly. Roles that close are dropped at the next refresh.

Showing 30 of 112 openings.

Open all in AI Job Search

What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Pittsburgh is a workable but competitive market for design, creative, and UX job seekers right now: metro unemployment was 3.9% in August 2026, but local information employment was 20.4 thousand and down -4.2254% year-over-year. For the occupation itself, Pennsylvania design, creative & UX employment was essentially flat year-over-year in September 2026 while active postings were down 5.7%. That looks more like replacement hiring than expansion, especially because Pittsburgh's broad arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group accounted for 1.0% of metro employment in May 2025 and paid a mean $31.59 per hour, which was $6.77 per hour below the national group mean.

Best positioned: Candidates with a portfolio in product or UX work tied to AI, industrial workflows, or regulated environments have the best odds right now, as recent Pittsburgh roles came from Gather AI and Gecko Robotics and centered on warehouse apps, factory workflows, and defense-adjacent work.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is leading with a generic visual portfolio when the market evidence points to specialized, business-tied hiring and statewide postings that are down 5.7% year-over-year.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 112 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Jacobs Engineering Group: 11 open roles
2. Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.: 7 open roles
3. 84 Lumber: 3 open roles
4. AE Works Ltd.: 3 open roles
5. Consulting Solutions: 3 open roles
6. DICK'S Sporting Goods: 3 open roles
7. Global Connect Technologies: 3 open roles
8. Benshaw: 2 open roles
9. Closets by Design: 2 open roles
10. Credo: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Pittsburgh: 58
• Warrendale: 12
• Moon Township: 8
• Coraopolis: 5
• Eighty Four: 3
• Cranberry Township: 2
• Wexford: 2
• Washington: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 72 (64%), hybrid 35 (31%), remote 5 (4%)

Where the demand is

The clearest local opportunities appear where design is tied to software that changes how physical work gets done. In September 2026, Gather AI was hiring its first dedicated UX designer for warehouse apps and AI inventory dashboards, and Gecko Robotics listed a Product Designer for manufacturing and defense inspection tools and factory workflows. Those are not generic portfolio roles; they reward candidates who can handle research, prototyping, field context, and stakeholder alignment in operational settings. The broader sector backdrop points the same way. Pittsburgh's information sector employed 20.4 thousand people in August 2026 and was down -4.2254% year-over-year, while professional and business services employed 186.6 thousand and was roughly flat at +0.1610%. Pennsylvania financial activities employment was 344.4 thousand and up +1.1% year-over-year, so design work attached to business software, customer experience, or regulated workflows may hold up better than pure media or agency-style creative work. Pure creative and media lanes look thinner. The broad arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group was only 1.0% of Pittsburgh employment in May 2025, and the national outlook for graphic designers is a -2% change from 2025 to 2035.

• Operational product and UX (high): Recent local examples include Gather AI and Gecko Robotics roles centered on warehouse, factory, and defense workflows rather than purely marketing-driven design.
• Enterprise, services, and finance-adjacent digital design (moderate): Professional and business services in Pittsburgh was roughly flat at +0.1610% year-over-year, and Pennsylvania financial activities was up +1.1% year-over-year, making enterprise, service, and customer-workflow design a steadier lane than media-heavy work.
• General creative, media, and graphic work (limited): This lane is smaller locally: the broad arts/design/media group represented 1.0% of metro employment and paid below the national group mean, while the national BLS outlook for graphic designers is -2% through 2035.

Where to focus: Aim first at product and UX roles attached to industrial, enterprise, or regulated workflows, and position visual design as a support skill rather than your only value.

Roles worth searching next

• Product manager: UX and product designers already do user framing, tradeoff thinking, and cross-functional communication that transfer well.
• Front-end developer: UI and interaction skills transfer naturally if you enjoy implementation and design systems.
• Accessibility specialist: Accessibility sits right beside UX because it uses audits, usability thinking, component behavior, and compliance judgment.
• Business analyst or service operations analyst: Workflow mapping, stakeholder interviews, and process pain-point discovery overlap heavily with UX research and service design.
• Solutions consultant or implementation consultant: Operational product roles in Pittsburgh appear close to customer-site workflows, demos, and real-world adoption.

What postings ask for

• Designing with AI (differentiator | immediate): Figma reports that 54% of surveyed hiring managers rank designing with AI among the five most in-demand designer skills, and local Pittsburgh startup roles already mention AI-assisted prototyping. Who: Mid-career designers and strong juniors targeting product or UX roles.
• Practical AI literacy (table_stakes | immediate): Practical AI literacy is described as one of the most important skills for UX professionals in 2026, and Autodesk says AI fluency is becoming a baseline labor-market expectation. Who: Anyone applying for UX, UI, or product design work.
• Cross-functional collaboration (table_stakes | immediate): A majority of hiring managers rank cross-functional collaboration among the top five designer skills, which matters in Pittsburgh because current openings are embedded with product, operations, and customer-site teams. Who: Especially career switchers and mid-career candidates.
• Accessibility and inclusive design (differentiator | near-term): Accessibility and inclusive design became a legal baseline by July 2026, so this is one of the clearest ways to look senior and risk-aware in digital product hiring. Who: Product, UX, and design-systems candidates.
• Data-informed design (premium | near-term): Data-informed design decisions are described as crucial in 2026 because designers increasingly need to interpret data, visualize insight, and evaluate AI outputs. Who: Mid-career designers moving toward product strategy or AI product work.
• Exam-based UX or AI product credential (differentiator | near-term): Exam-based credentials are seen as more valuable than course-completion certificates, and newer options such as Designlab's AI Product Design Certification reflect the market's tilt toward verified AI-related skills. Who: Career switchers who need outside proof of competence.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Pittsburgh, PA?

Observed local pay is broad, not title-clean. BLS put Pittsburgh's arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group at $31.59 per hour in May 2025, and the broader media and communication family at a $55,850 median, $65,710 mean, $76,420 at the 75th percentile, and $106,890 at the 90th percentile. The same BLS release notes that current Pittsburgh-only UX/UI or product-design medians are not listed directly in the metro summary release. Estimated posting-based pay is lower and should be treated as directional: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Pennsylvania design, creative & UX openings averaging about $60,319 in September 2026 on a sample of 401 postings, versus about $77,095 nationally on a sample of 11,704. This is not a low-pay market, but it is not a premium design market either. Pittsburgh's broad arts/design/media wage sat $6.77 per hour below the U.S. mean in May 2025, so local premium pay usually depends on landing digital product or specialized workflow work rather than general creative roles.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Pittsburgh, PA concentrated?

The clearest local opportunities appear where design is tied to software that changes how physical work gets done. In September 2026, Gather AI was hiring its first dedicated UX designer for warehouse apps and AI inventory dashboards, and Gecko Robotics listed a Product Designer for manufacturing and defense inspection tools and factory workflows. Those are not generic portfolio roles; they reward candidates who can handle research, prototyping, field context, and stakeholder alignment in operational settings. The broader sector backdrop points the same way. Pittsburgh's information sector employed 20.4 thousand people in August 2026 and was down -4.2254% year-over-year, while professional and business services employed 186.6 thousand and was roughly flat at +0.1610%. Pennsylvania financial activities employment was 344.4 thousand and up +1.1% year-over-year, so design work attached to business software, customer experience, or regulated workflows may hold up better than pure media or agency-style creative work. Pure creative and media lanes look thinner. The broad arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media group was only 1.0% of Pittsburgh employment in May 2025, and the national outlook for graphic designers is a -2% change from 2025 to 2035.

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.

Browse Pennsylvania openings by job title

• General Manager: 254 open roles statewide

Explore related openings

Design, Creative & UX jobs in other metros

• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
• Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
• Columbus, OH
• Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
• Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
• Kansas City, MO-KS

Other roles in Pittsburgh, PA

• Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services
• Personal Care & Fitness
• Marketing, Communications & Content
• Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration
• Engineering & Scientific
• Legal, Compliance & Risk
• Management, Product & Project
• Sales, Customer Success & Account Management

Browse all job openings | Browse jobs by title and state | Browse all job market reports