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UI Designer: salary 2026 at a glance

Salary at a glance: this is what UI Designer earn in Germany – from 8 job ads with a stated salary and 67 salary data sets.

Median, gross

€44,757

€33,213 lower 10 % €61,259 upper 10 %

How salaries are distributed

Each column = number of salary figures per €5,000 band · basis 75

  • Between lower and upper 10 % (€33,213 – €61,259)
  • Edges

Salary rises with experience

Median and middle 50 % per level · jobs + data sets

€36,000

Junior

32,500 – 38,500

13 values

€43,500

Mid-level

40,000 – 46,000

+21 % · 27 values

€46,500

Senior

42,000 – 50,500

+29 % · 17 values

€54,000

Lead/Principal

48,000 – 56,500

+50 % · 18 values

Salary by federal state

Median of the salary data sets for UI Designer per federal state. The samples are small here – read the figures as a trend, not a guarantee.

  1. North Rhine-Westphalia €51,000 n = 5
  2. Hesse €50,500 n = 5
  3. Bavaria €47,000 n = 4
  4. Berlin €46,500 n = 8
  5. Hamburg €46,000 n = 6
  6. Baden-Württemberg €45,500 n = 8
  7. Schleswig-Holstein €43,500 n = 4
  8. Saarland €42,000 n = 5
  9. Lower Saxony €41,500 n = 4
  10. Brandenburg €40,000 n = 4
  11. Saxony €40,000 n = 5
  12. Thuringia €39,000 n = 4
  13. Rhineland-Palatinate €38,000 n = 5

UI Designer: job profile and outlook

UI designers focus on the visual design of user interfaces and create aesthetically pleasing, consistent and brand-appropriate digital experiences. They create layouts, define colour palettes and typography, design icons and illustrations and create design systems that ensure a consistent visual language across all touchpoints. Core competencies include advanced knowledge of design tools such as Figma, Sketch or Adobe Creative Suite as well as a deep understanding of typography, colour theory, layout principles and responsive design. Experience in the creation of design systems, component libraries and interactive prototypes is just as important as an understanding of the technical feasibility of designs. Salaries for UI designers are at a good level and increase especially with expertise in design system development and motion design. Digital agencies, technology companies and large corporations with their own product teams offer the most attractive salaries. The demand for UI designers with a strong visual flair and technical understanding is growing steadily, with career opportunities ranging from Junior UI Designer to Senior UI Designer to UI Lead or Design Director. Many UI designers specialise in motion design, branding or design engineering, thus creating additional career opportunities. The growing importance of visual quality in digital products ensures stable prospects for UI designers.

Similarly paid roles

Same axis – directly comparable

€20,000 – €80,000 · bar = lower to upper 10 %, line = median

How we calculate

  • Sources: job ads with a stated salary that are assigned to a role, plus recorded salary data sets. Currently 6,380 active IT jobs state their salary.
  • Range: lower 10 % to upper 10 % (P10–P90), so that individual outliers do not shift the limits. The median splits the values into two equal halves.
  • Plausible: only gross annual salaries between €15,000 and €250,000; placeholders and monthly values are excluded.
  • Calculator: role median × experience factor × federal state factor. The factors come from 4,290 salary data sets – each as a ratio to the median of its role, so the mix of roles does not distort them.
  • Minimum size: breakdowns by skill, city and work model only appear from 20 values; every figure states its basis.

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