Frustrated you're not making it further in your UX job search?
You’ve spent weeks, months, or years applying and not getting interviews or offers.
Endless Googling, hours on LinkedIn, and mentor chats still haven’t helped you get hired.
Luckily, we’ve done the research about what UX candidates who get hired do. And we’re sharing it with you in our UX job search workshop:
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Career Strategy Lab Results
We’ve anonymized this data to give you an idea of the average salary increases our clients see.
And yes, sometimes, salaries decrease because they were previously overpaid, or their new benefits package compensated for a salary decrease … as a UXer, you know that context is everything!
Job Title | Previous Salary | New Salary | Salary Increase |
|---|---|---|---|
Sr. UX Designer | $126,000 | $156,000 | $30,000 |
Sr. UX Researcher | $127,000 | $165,000 | $38,000 |
UX Designer | $73,000 | $95,000 | $22,000 |
UX Researcher | $80,000 | $150,000 | $70,000 |
Lead UX Designer | $137,000 | $140,000 | $3,000 |
Product Designer | $130,000 | $135,000 | $5,000 |
Senior UX Researcher | $110,000 | $125,000 | $15,000 |
Senior Product Designer | $120,000 | $135,000 | $15,000 |
Lead UX Designer Researcher | $115,000 | $155,000 | $40,000 |
UX Designer | $85,000 | $110,000 | $25,000 |
These UX people above were also stuck, just like you.
BUT they did something about it … they stopped DIY-ing their UX job search and got professional help, inside our UX job search accelerator.
Real-Life Success Stories
Here are some real-life results our clients have achieved after working with us in Career Strategy Lab to create their resume, portfolio, and conduct a strategic job search.
Farrah
Secured a 100% salary increase
“I accepted a position as a Senior UX Designer for a Fortune 500 financial company in Texas. My salary is a 100% increase. So basically I make double what I was making at my last job.”
- 20 years experience in visual design
- Self taught UX Designer
Ibrahim
Pivoted into User Research
“I accepted a role but then got a better offer from Google so I accepted that one! Two years ago if you would’ve told me I’d be here today I wouldn’t have believed it!“
- 4 years of experience
- Pivoted from Product Management to User Research
KATIE
Hired with a 72% pay increase
“I applied to 4 large companies, landed second interviews with all of them, got 2 amazing offers, and got hired! I’m now a UX Architect with a 72% pay increase … LIFE CHANGING.”
- UX Architect
- Hired at Bayer Crop Science