75+ Design & UX Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

Observed local pay is modest for general design: Pittsburgh graphic designers had a median annual wage of $53,230 in May 2025, with the 25th percentile at $43,070 and the 75th percentile at $69,770. Directional current-opening data is somewhat higher for the broader Pennsylvania category, where Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a mean offered salary on new design, creative & UX openings of ~$58,962 in July 2026 (n=452), versus ~$73,023 nationally (n=40,840).

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Advertised pay

Across the 38 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $85,000 at the 25th percentile, $119,559 at the median and $153,625 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 7, 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 a workable but competitive market for Design, Creative & UX job seekers right now. Metro unemployment was 3.8% in June 2026, Pennsylvania design, creative & UX employment was up 0.5% year over year in July, and statewide postings for the field were up 4.5%, but the local opening mix remained small, selective, and mostly on-site. Local pay looks moderate for generalist design—Pittsburgh graphic designers had a median annual wage of $53,230 in May 2025—while stronger upside appears concentrated in specialized UX and product-facing roles rather than the broad creative market.

Best positioned: Mid-career candidates with a strong portfolio, Figma, user research, prototyping, and some product or front-end fluency—especially if they can work on-site or hybrid—have the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming Pittsburgh offers lots of remote junior openings or pays national UX-guide salaries; the local market skews on-site, mid-level, and closer to Pennsylvania's ~$58,962 mean offered salary than to national UX headline figures.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 96 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.: 6 open roles
2. DICK'S Sporting Goods: 5 open roles
3. Duolingo, Inc.: 3 open roles
4. Framatome: 3 open roles
5. Sargent & Lundy: 3 open roles
6. Allen & Shariff Corporation: 2 open roles
7. Cannon Design, Inc.: 2 open roles
8. Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.: 2 open roles
9. Consulting Solutions: 2 open roles
10. Deeplocal Inc.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Pittsburgh: 53
• Cranberry Township: 9
• Coraopolis: 6
• Warrendale: 5
• Monroeville: 3
• Moon Township: 3
• Charleroi: 2
• Washington: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 68 (72%), hybrid 23 (24%), remote 3 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity exists, but it is not evenly spread across every sub-role. Over the last 90 days the local sample showed more than 20 postings across more than 20 companies, with a small named-employer set led by ATOMS Careers page, NAI Burns Scalo, Lab37, Wolfe, LLC, and WQED at around 5 postings each. Most of that market is not remote: about 75% of roles were on-site, about 20% hybrid, and about 5% remote. It also skews toward established talent, with about 70% mid-level roles, about 20% senior roles, and only about 10% entry-level. Within that small market, the clearest live signals split two ways. One lane is agency and brand design, with current senior graphic designer openings at Wall-to-Wall Studios and BLD Marketing. The other lane is product and experience design inside larger employers such as PNC and Innovative Systems, where higher-end signals are tied to product UX, front-end fluency, or senior leadership rather than broad generalist creative work. Broader tech hiring around Carnegie Mellon University, Latitude AI, HELLBENDER Inc., and F.N.B. Corporation can also feed future UX demand, but that spillover is less direct than the live design postings.

• Agency and brand design (moderate): Senior graphic design demand is visible in live local postings from Wall-to-Wall Studios and BLD Marketing, which makes agency-side and brand execution work one of the clearest current lanes.
• In-house product and experience design (high): Higher-value signals cluster around product UX and senior experience design at employers such as PNC and Innovative Systems, with front-end fluency and leadership showing up as differentiators.
• Arts and community creative work (limited): Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media is advertising artist services and course-instructor roles, which signals some local arts-sector activity, but it is a narrower path for full-time design careers.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site or hybrid mid-level roles that combine Figma, research, prototyping, and product thinking, especially at agencies and in-house product teams.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end developer / design technologist: Engineering fluency is increasingly rewarded around design work, and stronger-paying local UX signals were tied to front-end fluency.
• Product manager / product operations: UX hiring guidance keeps stressing product thinking and cross-functional collaboration, which makes product-side roles a plausible next step for designers with roadmap and stakeholder skills.
• Artist services manager: Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media is hiring artist services managers now, giving creative professionals a local arts-administration bridge when pure design roles are thin.
• Course instructor / design educator: Local training providers and arts organizations show active course and instructor activity, creating a teaching-adjacent lane for experienced designers.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Figma showed up in about 50% of local postings, making it the clearest software baseline in Pittsburgh. Who: Entry-level and mid-career applicants targeting UX, UI, product, or agency roles.
• User research (table_stakes | immediate): User research appeared in about 40% of local postings, so employers want evidence that you can discover problems, not just decorate screens. Who: Anyone applying to UX, product design, or experience-design roles.
• Prototyping (differentiator | immediate): Prototyping appeared in about 35% of local postings, and national tool signals still center product-design stacks around Figma, Framer, ProtoPie, and similar tools. Who: Career switchers and mid-career designers who need to prove hands-on product workflow ability.
• Design systems (differentiator | near-term): Design systems showed up in about 25% of local postings and help translate design work into reusable product assets, which matters in selective teams. Who: Mid-career designers moving from visual execution into product or platform work.
• AI literacy (differentiator | immediate): AI literacy is becoming a baseline expectation, and 'AI UX Designer' listings rose 145% nationally over the year in Autodesk's 2026 AI Jobs Report. Who: UX, UI, and product designers who want to stay competitive in 2026 hiring.
• Front-end fluency (premium | near-term): Local higher-paying UX signals were tied to product UX and front-end fluency, and adjacent-skill guidance highlights React, Tailwind CSS, and API literacy. Who: Mid-career UX and product designers who want access to the strongest-paying niche roles.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local pay is modest for general design: Pittsburgh graphic designers had a median annual wage of $53,230 in May 2025, with the 25th percentile at $43,070 and the 75th percentile at $69,770. Directional current-opening data is somewhat higher for the broader Pennsylvania category, where Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a mean offered salary on new design, creative & UX openings of ~$58,962 in July 2026 (n=452), versus ~$73,023 nationally (n=40,840). Pittsburgh can support a solid design career, but the local wage anchor looks much closer to regional graphic-design pay than to national UX salary headlines.

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

Real opportunity exists, but it is not evenly spread across every sub-role. Over the last 90 days the local sample showed more than 20 postings across more than 20 companies, with a small named-employer set led by ATOMS Careers page, NAI Burns Scalo, Lab37, Wolfe, LLC, and WQED at around 5 postings each. Most of that market is not remote: about 75% of roles were on-site, about 20% hybrid, and about 5% remote. It also skews toward established talent, with about 70% mid-level roles, about 20% senior roles, and only about 10% entry-level. Within that small market, the clearest live signals split two ways. One lane is agency and brand design, with current senior graphic designer openings at Wall-to-Wall Studios and BLD Marketing. The other lane is product and experience design inside larger employers such as PNC and Innovative Systems, where higher-end signals are tied to product UX, front-end fluency, or senior leadership rather than broad generalist creative work. Broader tech hiring around Carnegie Mellon University, Latitude AI, HELLBENDER Inc., and F.N.B. Corporation can also feed future UX demand, but that spillover is less direct than the live design postings.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in Pittsburgh, PA?

Recent postings show the most activity from ATOMS Careers page (5 postings), NAI Burns Scalo (5 postings), Lab37 (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in Pittsburgh, PA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 20% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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