Mid-level UX Designer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 64 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II 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$93,800
Middle 50%$90.3k–$118.4k
vs. all levels here−21%comparison median $118,394
Filings64FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $86,278 and $197,856.
PercentileSalary
10th$86,291
25th$90,293
50th (median)$93,800
75th$118,374
90th$135,647

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $85k $100k FY2023: median $78,250 (24 filings) FY2024: median $79,125 (30 filings) FY2025: median $95,000 (33 filings) FY2026: median $90,480 (31 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 3 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 24 filings FY23 FY2024: 30 filings FY24 FY2025: 33 filings FY25 FY2026: 31 filings FY26 33
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–––1
FY2021–––3
FY2022–––5
FY2023$78,250$72,280$91,25424
FY2024$79,125$78,250$84,93630
FY2025$95,000$86,500$110,00033
FY2026$90,480$90,293$119,01031

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median mid-level UX Designer salary of $93,800 is worth about $82,600 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 $93,800, 12% lower.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Kforcetoo few4
Blizzard Entertainmenttoo few3
Epic Gamestoo few3
Tata Consultancy Servicestoo few3
Activision Publishingtoo few2
Eccalontoo few2
Geminisoft Solutionstoo few2
Moegotoo few2
Partners Information Technologytoo few2
Riot Gamestoo few2

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.