Senior UX Designer salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 25 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III 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$129,000
Middle 50%$120.4k–$146k
vs. all levels here+9%comparison median $118,394
Filings25FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $111,943 and $198,690.
PercentileSalary
10th$115,673
25th$120,400
50th (median)$129,000
75th$146,014
90th$171,164

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $115k $150k FY2023: median $95,000 (17 filings) FY2024: median $117,974 (18 filings) FY2025: median $140,000 (15 filings) FY2026: median $126,875 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 2 filings FY22 FY2023: 17 filings FY23 FY2024: 18 filings FY24 FY2025: 15 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 18
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–––0
FY2021–––4
FY2022–––2
FY2023$95,000$91,749$130,00017
FY2024$117,974$113,217$141,89718
FY2025$140,000$120,200$147,00715
FY2026$126,875$124,800$135,61210

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median senior UX Designer salary of $129,000 is worth about $113,600 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 $129,000, 21% higher.

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
Bladework Gamestoo few3
Blizzard Entertainmenttoo few3
Tencent Americatoo few3
Lapatinatoo 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.