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Re: UX Designer Salaries Around the World

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Post by bargl »

I'd be interested to see these numbers compared to the benefits offered by companies in each country. I know that in a lot of European countries it is normal to get more time off, the government offers more benefits, etc.

I say this because every time there is a thread saying, "X company just got this awesome benefit" someone always says, in Europe this is the norm.

Edit:

I also bring this up because I've seen companies in the US offer more money but 0 benefits in order to get you to pick them over another company where you'd actually be making more if you factor in the benefits. How much does that affect US vs Europe?

Re: UX Designer Salaries Around the World

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Post by mizzao »

A lot of these numbers need to be weighted by the number of submissions; e.g. fewer samples implies higher variance.

The fact that the 3 people who reported from Arizona have high salaries, for example, doesn't mean that one should go to Arizona to find UX design work.

Re: UX Designer Salaries Around the World

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Post by threefour »

ForHackernews wrote: post #2

Why does the US pay so much more than the UK? Are UK salaries just lower across the board?

I've been in UX for over 15 years, mostly in the U.S. and Germany, and I think looking at salary on the country level is the wrong level of granularity.

For example, it's completely possible that salaries in London are higher than in New York or San Francisco, given the high cost of living in London.

It could also be that there are more US-based UX people working in major US cities so that the average US salary looks higher.

Or maybe the sample size wasn't high enough to control for these kinds of regional differences.

So, while this data is directionally interesting I wouldn't apply it too much to your particular situation.

Re: UX Designer Salaries Around the World

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Post by socratees »

mizzao wrote: post #5

A lot of these numbers need to be weighted by the number of submissions; e.g. fewer samples implies higher variance. The fact that the 3 people who reported from Arizona have high salaries, for example, doesn't mean that one should go to Arizona to find UX design work.

If you ask me, it does not make justice to compare salaries across countries. May be comparing salary within the industry, within a specific market might make sense.

Just with the data / samples gleaned from this website, I will not be able to make any proper assumptions / statistic.

Re: UX Designer Salaries Around the World

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Post by domador »

Very interesting, but I'd like to see more data for each country. (For instance, an average salary of around $21,000 was posted for Nepal, but this might be unduly influenced by one or two data points in the $70,000 range.) Displaying a median, not just an average salary, would be helpful.
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