150+ Design & UX Jobs in Raleigh, NC

The clearest local pay signal is strong but narrow: Raleigh-Cary web and digital interface designers had a mean annual wage of $109,290 and mean hourly wage of $52.54 in May 2025. The broader local media and communication worker family sat much lower, with a $60,430 median, $41,640 at the 25th percentile, and $111,760 at the 90th percentile in 2025. A newer proxy from Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts mean offered salary on North Carolina Design, Creative & UX openings at ~$63,287 in September 2026 (n=355), which is best read as what new ads are offering statewide, not as a metro median.

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Advertised pay

Across the 96 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $77,875 at the 25th percentile, $124,250 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

Raleigh-Cary is still a workable market for Design, Creative & UX, but it is not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.1% in August 2026, total nonfarm employment was up 2.2338% year over year, and professional and business services employment was up 2.9566%, so the local economy is still supporting hiring. But North Carolina Design, Creative & UX employment was essentially flat year over year and active postings were down 4.7% statewide in September 2026, which is a more cautious signal for this field specifically. The best local pay is concentrated in web and digital interface design, where Raleigh-Cary had 770 jobs, a location quotient of 1.42, and a mean annual wage of $109,290 in May 2025.

Best positioned: Candidates with product or UX depth, a portfolio that shows Figma, prototyping, and interaction design, and willingness to work on-site or hybrid have the best odds, because local postings most often ask for Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, prototyping, and interaction design, while about 60% of roles are on-site and about 35% hybrid.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating this as a broad remote-friendly creative market: the visible local sample was only more than 20 postings across more than 20 companies over the last 90 days, and just about 5% of roles were remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 191 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Microsoft: 11 open roles
2. BETA Technologies, Inc.: 6 open roles
3. Apogee Consulting Group: 5 open roles
4. Epic Games, Inc.: 5 open roles
5. Jacobs Engineering Group: 5 open roles
6. AECOM Corporation: 4 open roles
7. Analog Devices, Inc.: 4 open roles
8. Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.: 4 open roles
9. Kiewit: 4 open roles
10. Kleinfelder: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Raleigh: 105
• Cary: 23
• Durham: 16
• Morrisville: 8
• Wendell: 6
• South Burlington: 6
• Apex: 3
• Clayton: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 105 (56%), hybrid 68 (36%), remote 15 (8%)

Where the demand is

The clearest local concentration is digital product and interface work, not generalist creative production. Raleigh-Cary had 770 web and digital interface designer jobs in May 2025, and the occupation's local concentration was 1.42 times the national average. The metro also added jobs overall and in professional and business services through August 2026, which is where many in-house product, consulting, and design-ops-adjacent roles tend to sit. But opportunity is not broad across every creative subfield. The visible local posting sample shows more than 20 design openings across more than 20 companies in the last 90 days, led by NC State University, Epic Games, Inc., and Nubank at around 5 postings each, and the mix leans senior rather than junior. At the same time, Raleigh-Cary information employment was down 6.7194% year over year and North Carolina Design, Creative & UX postings were down 4.7% statewide, which helps explain why pure graphic, motion, and brand candidates may feel less pull than product and UX candidates do.

• Digital product and interface design (high): This is the strongest local pocket: Raleigh-Cary had 770 web and digital interface designer jobs, a location quotient of 1.42, and local postings most often ask for Figma, prototyping, and interaction design.
• In-house design for universities, gaming, and fintech (moderate): The visible local employer mix is led by NC State University, Epic Games, Inc., and Nubank, each at around 5 recent postings, which points to campus, gaming, and fintech-style teams rather than a pure agency market.
• General graphic and brand production (limited): This looks weaker than the UX/product lane: North Carolina design postings were down 4.7% year over year, and the national graphic designer outlook is for a 2% decline from 2025 to 2035.

Where to focus: Center your search on product and interface roles inside enterprise, higher-ed, fintech, and gaming organizations, then treat pure brand or graphic openings as secondary.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end web developer: This is a natural bridge for UI-heavy candidates because BLS groups web developers and digital designers together in a national outlook that projects 7% growth from 2024 to 2034 and about 14,500 annual openings.
• Design technologist or AI creative technologist: Autodesk identified AI UX Designer as the fastest-growing AI title in Design and Make at +145%, alongside AI Creative Technologist at +123%.
• Product manager: Design work is shifting toward judgment, prioritization, and validation of AI-generated options, which overlaps more with product thinking than with pure screen production.
• Instructional designer or learning experience designer: Higher-ed employers are visible in the local mix through NC State University, and education and health services employment nationally was up 1.9% year over year in September 2026.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Figma is the clearest local table stake, appearing in about 30% of visible postings, and it is increasingly intertwined with AI-assisted drafting and code handoff workflows. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level candidates and career switchers who need immediate credibility.
• Prototyping and interaction design (differentiator | immediate): Prototyping and interaction design each appear in about 20% of local postings, which makes them more important than static visual polish alone. Who: Entry-level and mid-career UX or product designers.
• Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator, and Photoshop (table_stakes | immediate): Adobe Creative Suite is requested in about 25% of local postings, with Illustrator and Photoshop each around 20%, so it still matters for hybrid visual, brand, and production-heavy roles. Who: Visual designers, brand-leaning candidates, and anyone targeting mixed creative/digital jobs.
• AI literacy (differentiator | near-term): Adobe found that 15% of U.S. creative-professional postings explicitly listed AI skills in April 2026, up from 10%, and mid-market or enterprise employers asked for them more often than small businesses. Who: Mid-career candidates and anyone aiming at larger employers.
• Prompt engineering for design workflows (premium | near-term): Prompt engineering is being treated as a core collaboration skill for AI-enabled teams in 2026, especially as designers shift from pure production toward evaluation and refinement. Who: Product designers, UX designers, and design technologist candidates.
• Data literacy (differentiator | near-term): Basic data literacy now matters because teams expect designers to connect research, behavior, and product decisions rather than only ship screens. Who: Career switchers, product designers, and designers who want to move up-market.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

The clearest local pay signal is strong but narrow: Raleigh-Cary web and digital interface designers had a mean annual wage of $109,290 and mean hourly wage of $52.54 in May 2025. The broader local media and communication worker family sat much lower, with a $60,430 median, $41,640 at the 25th percentile, and $111,760 at the 90th percentile in 2025. A newer proxy from Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts mean offered salary on North Carolina Design, Creative & UX openings at ~$63,287 in September 2026 (n=355), which is best read as what new ads are offering statewide, not as a metro median. Raleigh looks like a two-speed market: premium pay for digital interface and product-style work, much more ordinary pay for the broader creative field.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC concentrated?

The clearest local concentration is digital product and interface work, not generalist creative production. Raleigh-Cary had 770 web and digital interface designer jobs in May 2025, and the occupation's local concentration was 1.42 times the national average. The metro also added jobs overall and in professional and business services through August 2026, which is where many in-house product, consulting, and design-ops-adjacent roles tend to sit. But opportunity is not broad across every creative subfield. The visible local posting sample shows more than 20 design openings across more than 20 companies in the last 90 days, led by NC State University, Epic Games, Inc., and Nubank at around 5 postings each, and the mix leans senior rather than junior. At the same time, Raleigh-Cary information employment was down 6.7194% year over year and North Carolina Design, Creative & UX postings were down 4.7% statewide, which helps explain why pure graphic, motion, and brand candidates may feel less pull than product and UX candidates do.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Recent postings show the most activity from NC State University (5 postings), Epic Games, Inc. (5 postings), Nubank (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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