UX Designer Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

Government data puts the broad local media and communication occupational family at a $60,150 median, $71,390 mean, and $81,710 75th-percentile annual wage in 2025, while the narrower web and digital interface designer role in Salt Lake City-Murray showed a much higher $111,280 mean annual wage in May 2025. Current posted local salary ranges center on about $74k to $127k, and Levels.fyi reports Salt Lake UX designer total compensation at $117,000 median with a $99,300 to $125,000 middle band.

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Advertised pay

Across the 45 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $57,200 at the 25th percentile, $97,500 at the median and $135,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Salt Lake City's economy is still healthy—metro unemployment was 3.7% and total nonfarm employment was 861.3 thousand in August 2026—but Design, Creative & UX hiring is tighter than those headline numbers suggest. Statewide, Design, Creative & UX employment was down 0.9% year-over-year and active postings were down 15.9% year-over-year in September 2026, even though Salt Lake metro Professional and Business Services employment grew 4.3098% year-over-year. That combination points to a workable but selective market: good local employers still exist, yet the opening pool is not deep, with more than 30 postings across more than 20 companies in the last 90 days.

Best positioned: The best odds right now are for mid-career UX or product-design generalists who can show Figma, prototyping, interaction design, user research, and polished visual execution, and who are open to on-site or hybrid work.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming a strong Salt Lake labor market means abundant remote creative openings; local design roles skew mid/senior and about 45% are on-site.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 93 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Jacobs Engineering Group: 6 open roles
2. Consor: 3 open roles
3. Galloway & Company Inc.: 3 open roles
4. Haskell: 3 open roles
5. HKS Inc: 3 open roles
6. Les Olson Company: 3 open roles
7. WGU: 3 open roles
8. Collins Engineers: 2 open roles
9. Dematic: 2 open roles
10. Experlogix: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Salt Lake City: 61
• Draper: 8
• Lehi: 3
• West Jordan: 3
• West Valley City: 2
• Riverton: 2
• Holladay: 2
• South Salt Lake: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 59 (63%), hybrid 31 (33%), remote 3 (3%)

Where the demand is

Salt Lake City is a real market for design, but not a huge one. The metro had 580 web and digital interface designer jobs in May 2025, with a location quotient of 0.96, so local concentration was slightly below the national average. In the last 90 days, the local opening sample showed more than 30 postings across more than 20 companies, which is enough to find live opportunities but not enough to support a spray-and-pray search. Openings appear to cluster where design is close to product, brand, or e-commerce execution. The most consistently active local employers in the sample were Cricut, UTN, Stampin' Up!, Inc., and Ashby, and the most-requested skills were Figma, prototyping, Illustrator, Photoshop, interaction design, Adobe Creative Suite, user research, and InDesign. Because about 45% of roles were on-site and about 35% hybrid, local availability matters more here than in markets that are still heavily remote. Pure tech-adjacent demand looks softer: local Information employment was down -6.6667% year-over-year, while Professional and Business Services was up 4.3098% year-over-year. That suggests better odds with in-house teams inside business services, consumer brands, and product-led companies than with employers tied closely to the shrinking information sector.

• Product and UX design (high): Best pay and clearest skill demand; strongest fit for candidates who can do Figma, prototyping, interaction design, and user research.
• Brand, graphic, and production design (moderate): There are local openings, especially around consumer brands and Adobe toolchains, but pay is usually closer to the broader category median than to UX compensation.
• Motion, animation, and niche creative (limited): The local base is smaller—BLS counted 160 special effects artists and animators in the metro in May 2023—so searches here need patience or adjacent targeting.

Where to focus: Focus first on product/UX and design-generalist roles at locally anchored employers where you can combine research, prototyping, and polished visual execution in one portfolio.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end web developer: BLS describes web and digital designers as working on layouts, functions, navigation, and usability testing, so designers with strong prototypes and handoff skills can move toward front-end delivery.
• Product manager: AI is pushing UI/UX work toward problem-solving and deciding what should exist and why, which overlaps more with product management than with pure screen production.
• UX researcher: User research already appears in about 25% of local design postings, so candidates who enjoy discovery can specialize outward from design into research-heavy roles.
• Creative operations or design program manager: A small, mid/senior-skewed market often values people who can standardize workflows, coordinate designers, and keep production moving across teams.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Figma shows up in about 40% of local postings, making it the clearest baseline tool for Salt Lake design roles. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level and mid-career candidates targeting product or UX work.
• Prototyping (table_stakes | immediate): Prototyping appears in about 35% of postings and pairs with interaction design demand, so employers want proof you can turn ideas into testable flows, not just static mocks. Who: Product, UX, and generalist designers.
• User research (differentiator | immediate): User research appears in about 25% of local postings, which is high enough to separate product-minded candidates from pure visual designers. Who: Mid-career designers and career switchers with domain expertise.
• Adobe Creative Suite (table_stakes | immediate): Illustrator and Photoshop each appear in about 30% of postings, Adobe Creative Suite in about 30%, and InDesign in about 25%, so classic visual craft still matters locally. Who: Brand, graphic, production, and hybrid product designers.
• AI literacy (differentiator | near-term): AI literacy is now considered one of the most important skills for UX professionals, and 91% of designers report using AI weekly. Who: Anyone competing for UX, product, or digital design roles.
• Prompt engineering (differentiator | near-term): Prompt engineering is described as a foundational UX skill in 2026 and helps designers get better output from generative tools. Who: Mid-career designers who want to show leverage and workflow maturity.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Government data puts the broad local media and communication occupational family at a $60,150 median, $71,390 mean, and $81,710 75th-percentile annual wage in 2025, while the narrower web and digital interface designer role in Salt Lake City-Murray showed a much higher $111,280 mean annual wage in May 2025. Current posted local salary ranges center on about $74k to $127k, and Levels.fyi reports Salt Lake UX designer total compensation at $117,000 median with a $99,300 to $125,000 middle band. This is a market where digital product and UX work can pay very well, but the broader creative field still lands much closer to solid middle-income wages than to tech-comp headlines.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT concentrated?

Salt Lake City is a real market for design, but not a huge one. The metro had 580 web and digital interface designer jobs in May 2025, with a location quotient of 0.96, so local concentration was slightly below the national average. In the last 90 days, the local opening sample showed more than 30 postings across more than 20 companies, which is enough to find live opportunities but not enough to support a spray-and-pray search. Openings appear to cluster where design is close to product, brand, or e-commerce execution. The most consistently active local employers in the sample were Cricut, UTN, Stampin' Up!, Inc., and Ashby, and the most-requested skills were Figma, prototyping, Illustrator, Photoshop, interaction design, Adobe Creative Suite, user research, and InDesign. Because about 45% of roles were on-site and about 35% hybrid, local availability matters more here than in markets that are still heavily remote. Pure tech-adjacent demand looks softer: local Information employment was down -6.6667% year-over-year, while Professional and Business Services was up 4.3098% year-over-year. That suggests better odds with in-house teams inside business services, consumer brands, and product-led companies than with employers tied closely to the shrinking information sector.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Recent postings show the most activity from Cricut (5 postings), UTN (5 postings), Stampin' Up!, Inc. (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 15% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 45% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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