150+ Design & UX Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

Observed metro pay is split. The broader arts, design, entertainment, sports and media group averaged $31.59 an hour and $65,710 a year in Pittsburgh in May 2025, versus $38.36 nationally. The strongest local UX-specific number is higher but older: web and digital interface designers had a median annual wage of $85,440 in May 2023. Proxy signals suggest more ordinary graphic-design pay is much lower, with a $53,230 median and a $43,070 to $69,770 interquartile range in May 2025.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 46 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $78,627 at the 25th percentile, $104,250 at the median and $142,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Pittsburgh is still a viable market for designers, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.7% in July 2026, yet Pennsylvania design, creative and UX employment was essentially flat year over year in August and active postings were down 1.0%. The best local pay still clusters in digital-interface work: web and digital interface designers had a median annual wage of $85,440 in the Pittsburgh metro, while the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports and media group averaged $65,710 in May 2025. The main near-term drag is that Pittsburgh's information sector was down 5.9908% year over year in June 2026, and local openings are described as small, selective, and mostly on-site.

Best positioned: Candidates with 3-8 years in product or UX, a portfolio built in Figma, clear usability-testing evidence, and credible AI-assisted workflow skills have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not confuse a low-unemployment metro with easy creative hiring; this category remains much smaller and more selective than the overall Pittsburgh labor market.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 154 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.: 9 open roles
2. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation: 9 open roles
3. DICK'S Sporting Goods: 5 open roles
4. Sargent & Lundy: 5 open roles
5. GFT Infrastructure, Inc.: 4 open roles
6. Jacobs Engineering Group: 4 open roles
7. American Society of Interior Designers, Inc: 3 open roles
8. Consulting Solutions: 3 open roles
9. Pike Corporation: 3 open roles
10. United Grid Solutions: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Pittsburgh: 92
• Warrendale: 10
• Coraopolis: 9
• Cranberry Township: 8
• Charleroi: 4
• Monroeville: 3
• Canonsburg: 3
• Monongahela: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 92 (61%), hybrid 49 (33%), remote 9 (6%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity is concentrated in digital interface and product-adjacent work, not in a huge standalone creative sector. Pittsburgh had 1,213.2 thousand nonfarm jobs in June 2026, but only 560 workers were counted specifically as web and digital interface designers in the metro's May 2023 occupational estimate. That does not mean the market is bad; it means the seat count is limited, so each credible opening matters more and gets crowded faster. The sturdier nearby base is professional and business services, which employed 187.4 thousand people in June 2026 and was up 0.1603% year over year, while the information sector employed 20.4 thousand and was down 5.9908%. Read that as better odds in consulting, enterprise software, healthcare, education, and in-house service organizations than in media-like or content-heavy creative environments. There are also smaller niche pockets worth noticing. The City of Pittsburgh scheduled a Youth Climate Action Design and Innovation Session and tied it to $1,000-$5,000 microgrants, while Pennsylvania's $125 million Innovate in PA 2.0 push names robotics and technology as priority sectors. Those are not mass-volume signals, but they do support civic design, facilitation, service design, and product UX work tied to regional innovation teams.

• Digital product and interface work (moderate): Best fit for UX, UI, product, and service-oriented designers who can show flows, testing, and cross-functional shipping. Local pay is strongest here, but the seat count is limited.
• In-house design in professional services, healthcare, education, and civic programs (moderate): This looks steadier than pure media or studio work because the surrounding employer base is larger and less exposed to the local information-sector pullback.
• Game art, visual effects, and general studio creative (limited): This is the most fragile slice right now. Schell Games cut 14 jobs across marketing, art, design, and visual effects in late August 2026, which is a reminder that studio-style creative work can tighten quickly.

Where to focus: Lead with product, UX, and service-design evidence tied to measurable outcomes, and keep brand or graphic work as supporting proof rather than your whole pitch.

Roles worth searching next

• Digital project manager: This role is one of the digitally oriented paths flagged for stronger salary momentum, and it rewards people who already know design handoffs, stakeholder management, and delivery rhythm.
• Digital strategist: Digital strategy sits close to UX because both fields depend on audience understanding, journey thinking, and decision-making across channels and products.
• Marketing analytics specialist: Analytics roles are among the areas with stronger projected salary growth, and they reward designers who already think in experiments, funnels, and user behavior.
• Marketing automation specialist: Automation is another higher-growth adjacent path for creative professionals with AI, analytics, and workflow skills.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Figma is part of the core toolset named in current UX and digital-design demand signals. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level candidates who need to look production-ready.
• Usability testing (differentiator | immediate): Usability testing is explicitly called out alongside interface layout and wireframing as an in-demand requirement. Who: Junior and mid-career UX or product candidates.
• AI literacy (differentiator | immediate): AI literacy is described as essential for UX professionals as teams use AI tools across the product workflow. Who: All UX and product designers, especially anyone competing for mid-level roles.
• Prompt engineering for design (premium | near-term): Prompt engineering is presented as a critical technical skill for AI-powered design, and one forecast ties it to a 56% wage premium by 2026. Who: Mid-career designers and switchers who want to stand out without becoming full engineers.
• Data literacy for design (premium | near-term): AI-driven design increasingly requires data interpretation, visualization, and insight work, not just visual execution. Who: Product, UX, and service designers who want higher-trust decision roles.
• Google UX Design Professional Certificate (differentiator | near-term): This credential is described as a gold-standard entry path for aspiring UX designers in 2026. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers who need a recognizable baseline credential.

Questions about this market

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

Observed metro pay is split. The broader arts, design, entertainment, sports and media group averaged $31.59 an hour and $65,710 a year in Pittsburgh in May 2025, versus $38.36 nationally. The strongest local UX-specific number is higher but older: web and digital interface designers had a median annual wage of $85,440 in May 2023. Proxy signals suggest more ordinary graphic-design pay is much lower, with a $53,230 median and a $43,070 to $69,770 interquartile range in May 2025. Pittsburgh can still pay well for digital-interface and product-minded work, but broad creative pay is modest relative to national benchmarks. The metro's cost-of-living index of 98.3 softens that gap somewhat, but not enough to make lower-end design salaries feel generous.

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

Most real opportunity is concentrated in digital interface and product-adjacent work, not in a huge standalone creative sector. Pittsburgh had 1,213.2 thousand nonfarm jobs in June 2026, but only 560 workers were counted specifically as web and digital interface designers in the metro's May 2023 occupational estimate. That does not mean the market is bad; it means the seat count is limited, so each credible opening matters more and gets crowded faster. The sturdier nearby base is professional and business services, which employed 187.4 thousand people in June 2026 and was up 0.1603% year over year, while the information sector employed 20.4 thousand and was down 5.9908%. Read that as better odds in consulting, enterprise software, healthcare, education, and in-house service organizations than in media-like or content-heavy creative environments. There are also smaller niche pockets worth noticing. The City of Pittsburgh scheduled a Youth Climate Action Design and Innovation Session and tied it to $1,000-$5,000 microgrants, while Pennsylvania's $125 million Innovate in PA 2.0 push names robotics and technology as priority sectors. Those are not mass-volume signals, but they do support civic design, facilitation, service design, and product UX work tied to regional innovation teams.

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