25+ Design & UX Jobs in San Antonio, TX

Observed local government pay data is mixed and broad. BLS reported $31.08 per hour for the metro arts/design/media group in May 2025, and the broader media and communication family in San Antonio had a $50,470 annual median, $64,640 annual mean, $37,190 at the 25th percentile, $75,450 at the 75th percentile, and $102,330 at the 90th percentile. Directional posting-based pay is higher but should be read carefully: Revelio Public Labor Statistics put Texas design, creative & UX openings at about $74,642 on average in September 2026 and national design openings at about $77,095 on average.

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Advertised pay

Across the 15 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $72,500 at the 25th percentile, $102,500 at the median and $127,800 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

This is a competitive, selective market for Design, Creative & UX in San Antonio right now: metro unemployment was 4.5% in August 2026, up from 4.3% a year earlier, while San Antonio payrolls were down 0.4% year to date through August. The clearest local opportunity signal is outside pure media: professional and business services employment in the metro was 162.4 thousand in August 2026, up 4.7742% year-over-year, but information employment was 16.8 thousand and down 7.6923%, and Dallas Fed data showed information-sector payrolls down 6.6%. Pay is decent but not outsized for the broad field—BLS put the local arts/design/media group at $31.08 per hour in May 2025 versus $29.39 across all jobs, and the broader media/communication family median was $50,470 a year.

Best positioned: Experienced product, UX, and digital designers who can show business impact, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and work fluently with AI-assisted design workflows have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume San Antonio has a deep standalone creative market; arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations were only 0.9% of metro employment, so many of the better opportunities are embedded inside broader business or product teams.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 45 openings in this market. 3 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Arcxis Biotechnologies, Inc.: 3 open roles
2. Jacobs Engineering Group: 2 open roles
3. Turner Construction Company: 2 open roles
4. 50Floor: 1 open role
5. Acadiana Security Plus, Inc.: 1 open role
6. AIA Sa: 1 open role
7. Ardurra: 1 open role
8. Bassett Furniture: 1 open role
9. Bosch Building Technologies: 1 open role
10. Civitas Engineering Group: 1 open role

Where the openings are

• San Antonio: 41
• Schertz: 2
• Adkins: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 31 (69%), hybrid 14 (31%)

Where the demand is

San Antonio is not a large standalone design labor market. BLS counted 9,710 workers in the broad media and communication family in annual 2025 data, and arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations were only 0.9% of metro employment. In practice, that means many viable openings are likely embedded inside other functions—product teams, service businesses, universities, healthcare systems, and operating companies—rather than clustered in a big agency or entertainment scene. The clearest near-term concentration signal is professional and business services. Metro employment in that supersector was 162.4 thousand in August 2026, up 4.7742% year-over-year. By contrast, local information employment was 16.8 thousand and down 7.6923% year-over-year, while Dallas Fed data showed information-sector payrolls down 6.6%. That argues for targeting B2B products, enterprise workflows, digital service design, and client-facing systems work ahead of pure media or tech-brand roles. There are some local early-stage and networking signals—a five-day San Antonio Startup and Tech Week ran September 28 through October 2, and a San Antonio beauty business reported a $4 million Series A round—but neither report confirmed design hiring. Treat those as relationship-building opportunities, not as evidence of a broad startup hiring wave.

• Professional and business services (high): Best near-term concentration for embedded UX, service design, web, and digital product work because the metro supersector is growing while the overall market remains selective.
• Local startups and growth-stage operating companies (moderate): Real networking potential exists through startup events and small-company growth stories, but hiring evidence is thin and likely sporadic rather than scaled.
• Information and media-adjacent employers (limited): This is the weakest visible pocket right now because local information employment and information-sector payrolls are both down.

Where to focus: Focus your search on embedded product, UX, and digital design roles inside professional and business services firms and complex operating companies, not just creative-title keyword searches.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end web developer: BLS projects web developers and digital designers to grow 7% from 2024 to 2034 with about 14,500 annual openings, and design-system thinking transfers well into front-end work.
• Product analyst or UX analyst: AI is making design more strategic and more data-literate, so research, experimentation, and metrics-heavy product roles are a natural pivot for analytically minded designers.
• Instructional designer or learning experience designer: Education and health services employment was up 1.9% nationally, and UT San Antonio is expanding its integrated-design education pipeline locally.
• Design operations or design program manager: Hiring signals emphasize collaboration, systems thinking, and product strategy, which map directly to design ops and program work.

What postings ask for

• AI literacy and judgment (table_stakes | immediate): AI literacy is now a foundational workplace skill, including understanding tool limits, spotting bad outputs, and knowing when human judgment is required. Who: Everyone in this market, especially job seekers whose portfolio still looks entirely pre-AI.
• Figma and Figma AI (differentiator | immediate): Figma AI now supports prompt-based generation, automated layouts, smart content, and developer integration, and surveyed hiring managers increasingly rank designing with AI among the most in-demand design skills. Who: UX, UI, product, and design-systems candidates.
• Adobe Firefly and Creative Cloud AI workflows (differentiator | immediate): Adobe Firefly is part of the current AI tool stack alongside Midjourney, Canva AI, ChatGPT image generation, Kittl, and Ideogram, and Adobe is running a Firefly-focused Create Now event in San Antonio on October 20. Who: Graphic, brand, motion, and multidisciplinary designers.
• Systems thinking and product strategy (premium | near-term): Figma identified systems thinking and product strategy as key hiring priorities, and AI is making the designer's role more strategic rather than purely executional. Who: Mid-career designers, senior ICs, and career switchers coming from product-heavy functions.
• Cross-functional collaboration (table_stakes | immediate): More than 45% of surveyed hiring managers highlighted collaboration as critical, and 80% of designers said AI tools help them collaborate more successfully. Who: All candidates, but especially people whose portfolios do not show team context.
• Prompt engineering for design work (premium | near-term): Prompt engineering is emerging as a critical technical skill for AI-powered design, and one industry forecast points to a 56% wage premium for it by 2026. Who: Product, UX, brand, and creative technologist-leaning candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?

Observed local government pay data is mixed and broad. BLS reported $31.08 per hour for the metro arts/design/media group in May 2025, and the broader media and communication family in San Antonio had a $50,470 annual median, $64,640 annual mean, $37,190 at the 25th percentile, $75,450 at the 75th percentile, and $102,330 at the 90th percentile. Directional posting-based pay is higher but should be read carefully: Revelio Public Labor Statistics put Texas design, creative & UX openings at about $74,642 on average in September 2026 and national design openings at about $77,095 on average. San Antonio can support a solid professional income in this category, but not every design role here pays like product design. The metro's broad arts/design/media average is only modestly above the all-occupation mean of $29.39 per hour.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX concentrated?

San Antonio is not a large standalone design labor market. BLS counted 9,710 workers in the broad media and communication family in annual 2025 data, and arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations were only 0.9% of metro employment. In practice, that means many viable openings are likely embedded inside other functions—product teams, service businesses, universities, healthcare systems, and operating companies—rather than clustered in a big agency or entertainment scene. The clearest near-term concentration signal is professional and business services. Metro employment in that supersector was 162.4 thousand in August 2026, up 4.7742% year-over-year. By contrast, local information employment was 16.8 thousand and down 7.6923% year-over-year, while Dallas Fed data showed information-sector payrolls down 6.6%. That argues for targeting B2B products, enterprise workflows, digital service design, and client-facing systems work ahead of pure media or tech-brand roles. There are some local early-stage and networking signals—a five-day San Antonio Startup and Tech Week ran September 28 through October 2, and a San Antonio beauty business reported a $4 million Series A round—but neither report confirmed design hiring. Treat those as relationship-building opportunities, not as evidence of a broad startup hiring wave.

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