Graphic Designer Salaries in the United States
How much does a Graphic Designer make in the United States?
Graphic Designers earn $41,000 annually on average, or $20 per hour, which is 47% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Graphic Designers work for Qwest at $102,000 annually while the lowest paid Graphic Designers work for NOSHOK earning approximately $18,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$60K Mitchell International's Average Graphic Designer Salary (2 salaries)
+$19K (37%) more than national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
-$1K (1%) less than average Mitchell International salary ($61K)
-$4K (6%) less than average Mitchell International Graphic Designer salary ($60K)
"In my experience I've been underpaid for the hours put in into projects but in turn I had clients coming back with more requests as well as referring me to others."
+$3K (4%) more than average Mitchell International Graphic Designer salary ($60K)
"The salary at Mitchell International was decent."
$44K DJP Limited's Average Graphic Designer Salary (2 salaries)
+$3K (7%) more than national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
Equal to average DJP Limited salary ($44K)
-$19K (55%) less than average DJP Limited Graphic Designer salary ($44K)
"I know I was being underpaid there, but they hired me fresh out of school so I wasn't going to complain at the time. But now I know I deserve more."
+$19K (35%) more than average DJP Limited Graphic Designer salary ($44K)
"I only work for 3 hours a month pulling in $90 a month so not really, just need more hours."
$34K XS Garage Door's Average Graphic Designer Salary (2 salaries)
-$7K (18%) less than national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
Equal to average XS Garage Door salary ($34K)
+$8K (21%) more than average XS Garage Door Graphic Designer salary ($34K)
"I was getting paid precisely what I thought I was worth to the company, my boss asked me what I thought a realistic salary would have been and I told him approximately 40,000 a year which comes out to about 20 dollars an hour. I believe the mark of a good boss is not to under pay an employee but to pay them exactly what they think they are worth."
-$9K (30%) less than average XS Garage Door Graphic Designer salary ($34K)
"I feel like I was neither being overpaid or underpaid but paid what I was worth for this company. When I started working here I was still somewhat of a beginner and didnt attain my bachelors degree just yet. I also felt like some of the time my boss was like a friend and mentor to me and the hours would just fly by because we all wanted our company and boss to succeed."
$23K 1-800 We Answer's Average Graphic Designer Salary (2 salaries)
-$18K (56%) less than national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
Equal to average 1-800 We Answer salary ($23K)
Equal to average 1-800 We Answer Graphic Designer salary ($23K)
"I had been working for over a year and I had no opportunities to advance or receive any type of advances. I was constantly stayed at $12 per hour and had my pay docked on a regular basis with no explanation."
Equal to average 1-800 We Answer Graphic Designer salary ($23K)
"I was underpaid and was constantly living under the threat of being fired at least once or twice a week."
$40K The Creative Group's Average Graphic Designer Salary (60 salaries)
-$1K (2%) less than national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
-$10K (22%) less than average The Creative Group salary ($50K)
+$3K (7%) more than average The Creative Group Graphic Designer salary ($40K)
"I feel that my salary is within the median range for the experience I have."
+$1K (2%) more than average The Creative Group Graphic Designer salary ($40K)
-$10K (28%) less than average The Creative Group Graphic Designer salary ($40K)
$43K AlphaGraphics' Average Graphic Designer Salary (34 salaries)
+$2K (4%) more than national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
+$3K (7%) more than average AlphaGraphics salary ($40K)
+$22K (40%) more than average AlphaGraphics Graphic Designer salary ($43K)
"I have been underpaid as a graphic designer."
-$13K (35%) less than average AlphaGraphics Graphic Designer salary ($43K)
-$13K (35%) less than average AlphaGraphics Graphic Designer salary ($43K)
$41K Creative Circle's Average Graphic Designer Salary (11 salaries)
Equal to national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
-$19K (37%) less than average Creative Circle salary ($60K)
-$8K (21%) less than average Creative Circle Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
"I feel I am at an average for being paid, I wish it was more and with full-time benefits though."
+$10K (21%) more than average Creative Circle Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
+$10K (21%) more than average Creative Circle Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
$36K The Orange County Register's Average Graphic Designer Salary (6 salaries)
-$5K (12%) less than national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
-$14K (32%) less than average The Orange County Register salary ($50K)
+$19K (41%) more than average The Orange County Register Graphic Designer salary ($36K)
"I feel the pay is adequate for the work I do."
+$5K (12%) more than average The Orange County Register Graphic Designer salary ($36K)
-$6K (18%) less than average The Orange County Register Graphic Designer salary ($36K)
$41K University of Baltimore's Average Graphic Designer Salary (6 salaries)
Equal to national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
+$11K (30%) more than average University of Baltimore salary ($30K)
-$20K (64%) less than average University of Baltimore Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
"Worked based on government grant of work study funding. No real opinion of salary or pay based on typical position guidelines."
Equal to average University of Baltimore Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
-$11K (30%) less than average University of Baltimore Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
$38K UCLA's Average Graphic Designer Salary (6 salaries)
-$3K (7%) less than national average Graphic Designer salary ($41K)
-$2K (5%) less than average UCLA salary ($40K)
-$11K (33%) less than average UCLA Graphic Designer salary ($38K)
"I feel that I am being paid just fine right now, as I am still a student and working on campus. My job is one of the higher paid ones of all the on campus student jobs, so I am grateful for that. However, I do wish to be paid more when I graduate because I feel my skills are more than acceptable."
$30K
UCLA Graphic Designer
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-$8K (23%) less than average UCLA Graphic Designer salary ($38K)
$30K
UCLA Graphic Designer
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-$8K (23%) less than average UCLA Graphic Designer salary ($38K)
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