UX Designer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 155 certified H-1B filings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irvine, Culver City, Santa Monica, Woodland Hills, Newport Beach.

Also listed as: Web Designer, Product Designer

Median salary$118,394
Middle 50%$90.3k–$148.7k
vs. national median+7%comparison median $110,906
Filings155FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $60,840 and $268,883.
PercentileSalary
10th$83,939
25th$90,293
50th (median)$118,394
75th$148,661
90th$184,058

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $105k $140k FY2021: median $87,000 (11 filings) FY2023: median $91,749 (60 filings) FY2024: median $85,000 (83 filings) FY2025: median $108,850 (84 filings) FY2026: median $126,504 (71 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 4 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 8 filings FY22 FY2023: 60 filings FY23 FY2024: 83 filings FY24 FY2025: 84 filings FY25 FY2026: 71 filings FY26 84
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––4
FY2021$87,000$83,994$111,75011
FY2022–––8
FY2023$91,749$72,280$123,46960
FY2024$85,000$78,250$124,04383
FY2025$108,850$86,278$141,50484
FY2026$126,504$90,387$151,58171

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median UX Designer salary of $118,394 is worth about $104,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Los Angeles = 113.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Web and Digital Interface Designers in the Los Angeles, CA area earned a median of $106,550 in May 2025 (9,220 employed). The H-1B median here is $118,394, 11% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Blizzard Entertainment$120,40011
Tencent Americatoo few6
Activision Publishingtoo few5
Riot Gamestoo few5
Epic Gamestoo few4
Ingram Microtoo few4
Kforcetoo few4
MH Sub Itoo few4
Tata Consultancy Servicestoo few4
SAPtoo few3

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $80,070 26
Mid-level · Level II $93,800 64
Senior · Level III $129,000 25
Expert · Level IV $160,000 39

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$60,653$80,07026
Mid-level · Level II$90,293$93,80064
Senior · Level III$111,925$129,00025
Expert · Level IV$146,515$160,00039

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.