How much does a Technical Design make in the United States?
As of October 01, 2026, the average salary for a Technical Design in the United States is $86,695 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $42.
However, a Technical Design's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:
Top Earners (90th percentile): $102,559
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $77,095 to $94,999
Key Factors That Influence Technical Design Salaries
A Technical Design's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors.
Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location
and company size
can directly affect your earning potential.
How Experience Level Affects Technical Design Salaries?
Experience is a primary driver of a Technical Design's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:
How Do Technical Design Salaries Vary from State to State?
Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Technical Designs. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:
Salaries can also vary between different cities.
Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay.
Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:
San Jose: $109,348
San Francisco: $108,151
Oakland: $105,871
San Jose, CA$109,348
San Francisco, CA$108,151
Oakland, CA$105,871
New York, NY$99,819
Paramus, NJ$98,605
Queens Village, NY$98,601
Passaic, NJ$98,519
Bergenfield, NJ$98,511
Stamford, CT$98,320
Huntington, NY$98,285
Newark, NJ$97,644
Bridgeport, CT$97,461
Vallejo, CA$97,289
New Brunswick, NJ$97,254
Petaluma, CA$97,202
Middlesex, NJ$97,037
Somerset, NJ$96,976
Santa Cruz, CA$96,864
Boston, MA$96,335
Monterey, CA$96,031
Seattle, WA$95,832
Santa Rosa, CA$95,815
Los Angeles, CA$95,789
Juneau, AK$95,563
Washington, DC$95,468
Orange, CA$95,159
Santa Ana, CA$94,930
Long Beach, CA$94,844
Anaheim, CA$94,826
Anchorage, AK$94,783
Santa Maria, CA$94,523
Everett, WA$94,506
Danbury, CT$94,201
Bremerton, WA$94,081
Tacoma, WA$93,769
New Suffolk, NY$93,767
Sacramento, CA$93,743
Santa Barbara, CA$93,647
Trenton, NJ$93,552
San Diego, CA$93,552
Brockton, MA$93,457
Fairbanks, AK$93,244
Lompoc, CA$93,023
Lowell, MA$92,953
Ventura, CA$92,937
Nashua, NH$92,919
Stockton, CA$92,910
Modesto, CA$92,278
Poughkeepsie, NY$92,087
Olympia, WA$91,922
Kennewick, WA$91,922
New Haven, CT$91,888
Lawrence, MA$91,575
Hartford, CT$91,489
Riverside, CA$91,471
New Bedford, MA$91,385
Richland, WA$91,385
Bakersfield, CA$91,263
San Bernardino, CA$91,229
New Britain, CT$91,220
Atlantic City, NJ$91,220
New London, CT$91,185
Norwich, CT$91,159
Portsmouth, NH$91,142
Boulder, CO$90,958
Portland, OR$90,838
Worcester, MA$90,830
Minneapolis, MN$90,561
Philadelphia, PA$90,440
Honolulu, HI$90,154
Saint Paul, MN$90,112
Vineland, NJ$90,093
Providence, RI$89,842
Chicago, IL$89,590
Bellingham, WA$89,486
Springfield, MA$89,417
Baltimore, MD$89,391
Chico, CA$89,174
Pittsfield, MA$88,940
Manchester, NH$88,775
Spokane, WA$88,394
Denver, CO$88,385
Albany, NY$87,978
Troy, NY$87,943
Nassau, NY$87,850
Schenectady, NY$87,761
Wilmington, DE$87,691
Burlington, VT$87,570
Salem, OR$87,535
Portland, ME$87,267
Yakima, WA$87,180
Rochester, MN$86,911
Reno, NV$86,868
Fresno, CA$86,868
Milwaukee, WI$86,790
Detroit, MI$86,703
Ann Arbor, MI$86,688
Allentown, PA$86,677
Colorado Springs, CO$86,530
Syracuse, NY$86,486
Carson City, NV$86,486
Houston, TX$86,365
Eugene, OR$86,322
Gary, IN$86,218
Springfield, OR$86,148
Bismarck, ND$86,131
Galveston, TX$86,070
Medford, OR$85,940
Fort Collins, CO$85,906
Concord, NH$85,862
Austin, TX$85,836
Mesa, AZ$85,654
Reading, PA$85,645
Phoenix, AZ$85,637
Dallas, TX$85,611
Saint Cloud, MN$85,528
Madison, WI$85,411
Utica, NY$85,177
Rochester, NY$85,039
Des Moines, IA$85,030
Raleigh, NC$85,021
Atlanta, GA$84,891
Battle Creek, MI$84,865
Salt Lake City, UT$84,839
Lancaster, PA$84,709
Harrisburg, PA$84,588
Kansas City, MO$84,501
Champaign, IL$84,484
Kansas City, KS$84,484
Fort Worth, TX$84,475
Columbus, OH$84,460
Boca Raton, FL$84,440
Pittsburgh, PA$84,406
Richmond, VA$84,371
Indianapolis, IN$84,354
Cleveland, OH$84,345
Las Vegas, NV$84,241
Cincinnati, OH$84,241
Petersburg, VA$84,111
Huntsville, AL$83,981
Lansing, MI$83,923
Lebanon, PA$83,912
Pueblo, CO$83,903
Appleton, WI$83,877
Buffalo, NY$83,842
Dayton, OH$83,816
Racine, WI$83,799
Charlotte, NC$83,790
Saint Louis, MO$83,764
York, PA$83,712
Elkhart, IN$83,712
Gastonia, NC$83,696
Billings, MT$83,675
Beaumont, TX$83,652
Lorain, OH$83,634
Benton Harbor, MI$83,617
Toledo, OH$83,600
Binghamton, NY$83,556
Rock Hill, SC$83,547
Rockford, IL$83,504
Springfield, IL$83,469
Elyria, OH$83,461
Fargo, ND$83,461
Flagstaff, AZ$83,400
Fort Lauderdale, FL$83,348
Duluth, MN$83,296
Miami, FL$83,296
Cheyenne, WY$83,235
Grand Forks, ND$83,235
Bangor, ME$83,045
Cedar Rapids, IA$82,949
Durham, NC$82,913
Louisville, KY$82,906
Grand Rapids, MI$82,889
Hialeah, FL$82,880
Casper, WY$82,759
Scranton, PA$82,655
New Orleans, LA$82,629
Virginia Beach, VA$82,620
Akron, OH$82,577
Peoria, IL$82,464
Sarasota, FL$82,446
Nashville, TN$82,386
Omaha, NE$82,386
Green Bay, WI$82,386
Baton Rouge, LA$82,342
Charleston, SC$82,325
Jamestown, NY$82,282
Davenport, IA$82,282
Tucson, AZ$82,238
Saint Petersburg, FL$82,186
Tampa, FL$82,169
Evansville, IN$82,117
Port Arthur, TX$82,117
Bradenton, FL$82,082
Santa Fe, NM$81,926
Orlando, FL$81,770
Clearwater, FL$81,744
Canton, OH$81,562
La Crosse, WI$81,562
Albuquerque, NM$81,510
Newport News, VA$81,501
High Point, NC$81,475
Ogden, UT$81,441
Corpus Christi, TX$81,371
Norfolk, VA$81,319
Laramie, WY$81,319
Rock Island, IL$81,267
Saginaw, MI$81,250
Jacksonville, FL$81,241
Salisbury, NC$81,224
Boise, ID$81,207
Moline, IL$81,163
Fort Myers, FL$81,137
Memphis, TN$81,120
Tulsa, OK$81,077
Waterloo, IA$81,025
Spartanburg, SC$80,938
Lincoln, NE$80,895
Fort Wayne, IN$80,877
Provo, UT$80,869
Cedar Falls, IA$80,765
San Antonio, TX$80,730
Greensboro, NC$80,695
South Bend, IN$80,687
Savannah, GA$80,591
Muskegon, MI$80,557
Birmingham, AL$80,548
Winston Salem, NC$80,505
Lake Charles, LA$80,296
Anderson, IN$80,279
Lexington, KY$80,253
Augusta, GA$80,227
Greenville, SC$80,227
Lima, OH$80,158
Wichita, KS$80,149
Tuscaloosa, AL$80,149
Columbia, SC$80,071
Springfield, OH$80,054
Asheville, NC$79,915
Bloomington, IN$79,854
Knoxville, TN$79,542
Shreveport, LA$79,534
Wilmington, NC$79,421
Roanoke, VA$79,421
Topeka, KS$79,265
Frankfort, KY$79,255
Oklahoma City, OK$79,195
Chillicothe, OH$79,161
Longview, TX$79,152
Melbourne, FL$79,143
Sioux Falls, SD$79,005
Mobile, AL$78,996
Terre Haute, IN$78,961
Altoona, PA$78,909
Amarillo, TX$78,849
Killeen, TX$78,823
Fayetteville, AR$78,753
Chattanooga, TN$78,727
Sioux City, IA$78,649
Idaho Falls, ID$78,632
Lynchburg, VA$78,563
Gainesville, FL$78,450
Portsmouth, OH$78,407
Little Rock, AR$78,389
Lafayette, LA$78,354
Youngstown, OH$78,354
Daytona Beach, FL$78,302
Clarksville, TN$78,294
Pensacola, FL$78,285
Temple, TX$78,279
Hopkinsville, KY$78,025
Erie, PA$78,008
Florence, SC$77,973
Charleston, WV$77,834
Great Falls, MT$77,791
Macon, GA$77,670
Tallahassee, FL$77,661
Fayetteville, NC$77,644
Waco, TX$77,626
Helena, MT$77,566
Pine Bluff, AR$77,533
Vincennes, IN$77,427
Lubbock, TX$77,392
Alamogordo, NM$77,340
Twin Falls, ID$77,262
Rapid City, SD$77,236
Jackson, MS$77,080
Huntington, WV$77,074
Greenville, MS$77,071
Parkersburg, WV$76,983
Montgomery, AL$76,967
Wichita Falls, TX$76,881
Springfield, MO$76,881
Biloxi, MS$76,837
Monroe, LA$76,751
Johnstown, PA$76,690
Sumter, SC$76,655
Columbus, GA$76,647
Pascagoula, MS$76,482
Abilene, TX$76,482
Kingsport, TN$76,256
Albany, GA$76,256
Gulfport, MS$76,230
Alexandria, LA$75,944
Fort Smith, AR$75,728
El Paso, TX$75,494
Las Cruces, NM$75,103
Harlingen, TX$74,883
Pocatello, ID$74,869
Florence, AL$74,757
Brownsville, TX$74,739
Mcallen, TX$74,557
Dothan, AL$74,436
Columbus, MS$73,921
Altus, OK$73,517
Lawton, OK$73,352
Pierre, SD$73,040
What Skills Can Increase a Technical Design's Salary?
Demanded Skills for the Role:
Insight (Mentioned in 4.66% Job Postings): Insight is the understanding cause and effect based on the identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
Email Marketing (Mentioned in 3.79% Job Postings): Email marketing is the act of sending a commercial message, typically to a group of people, using email. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. It usually involves using email to send advertisements, request business, or solicit sales or donations, and is meant to build loyalty, trust, or brand awareness. Marketing emails can be sent to a purchased lead list or a current customer database. The term usually refers to sending email messages with the purpose of enhancing a merchant's relationship with current or previous customers, encouraging customer loyalty and repeat business, acquiring new customers or convincing current customers to purchase something immediately, and sharing third-party ads.
E- Commerce (Mentioned in 1.83% Job Postings): E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web for at least one part of the transaction's life cycle although it may also use other technologies such as e-mail. Typical e-commerce transactions include the purchase of online books (such as Amazon) and music purchases (music download in the form of digital distribution such as iTunes Store), and to a less extent, customized/personalized online liquor store inventory services. There are three areas of e-commerce: online retailing, electronic markets, and online auctions. E-commerce is supported by electronic business.
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay.
Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Technical Design's salary.
Tableau: Can increase your salary by up to 11%.
Leadership: Can increase your salary by up to 6%.
Collaboration: Can increase your salary by up to 4%.
Technical Design Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors
For Technical Design roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential
by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries).
Data shows that the Internet and Software & Networking
sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 18% above the average.
In contrast, Technical Design positions in Transportation or Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay,
as these industries often view Technical Design as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.
The top paying industries for a Technical Design
Industry Sector
Average Annual Salary
Average Hourly Rate
Pay vs.Avg
Internet
$102,300
$49.0
18%
Software & Networking
$99,699
$48.0
15%
Pharmaceuticals
$98,832
$48.0
14%
Financial Services
$95,364
$46.0
10%
Aerospace & Defense
$93,630
$45.0
8%
Technical Design Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay
Understanding how a Technical Design's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting.
Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role.
Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.
Salaries for a Technical Design can change over time,
reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy.
The median salary decreased from $91,803 in 2023
to around $90,550 in 2025,
reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy.
For a detailed analysis of Technical Design salary trends,
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Most common benefits for Technical Design
Social Security
401 (k)
Disability
Healthcare
Pension
Time Off (days)
Common company salaries for Technical Design
Here are companies hiring for Technical Design and their salaries, click below for more details.
C$128,509/per year
C R Bard IncBiotechnologythe United States
H$124,697/per year
Henry Schein CanadaBiotechnologythe United States
N$123,899/per year
Nordex IncBiotechnologythe United States
N$120,416/per year
Nipro CorpBiotechnologythe United States
E$115,870/per year
EnovisBiotechnologythe United States
A$114,553/per year
Advanced Research Projects Agency - EnergyBiotechnologythe United States
M$112,110/per year
MiniMed IncBiotechnologythe United States
L$111,500/per year
Labcorp Drug DevelopmentBiotechnologythe United States
L$110,229/per year
Life Technologies CorpBiotechnologythe United States
Z$106,224/per year
Zimmer BiometBiotechnologythe United States
P$103,077/per year
Promontory TherapeuticsBiotechnologythe United States
S$102,181/per year
Steris PLCBiotechnologythe United States
G$97,274/per year
Gavin Conferences Pty LtdBiotechnologythe United States
E$94,764/per year
Endeavor BioMedicinesBiotechnologythe United States
R$94,402/per year
Replay Holdings LLCBiotechnologythe United States
P$94,235/per year
Pleno IncBiotechnologythe United States
S$93,666/per year
Simulaids IncBiotechnologythe United States
N$88,880/per year
NOIRLab/CASBiotechnologythe United States
O$86,468/per year
Onward TechnologyBiotechnologythe United States
L$84,895/per year
LED Medical Diagnostics IncBiotechnologythe United States
E$84,682/per year
Eyeco LtdBiotechnologythe United States
P$84,523/per year
PaerosolBiotechnologythe United States
I$83,525/per year
IONIQ Sciences IncBiotechnologythe United States
S$82,815/per year
Stateside PPEBiotechnologythe United States
D$82,041/per year
Digi BioBiotechnologythe United States
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FAQ about Technical Design
1. What industry pays the highest salary for Technical Design?
The Internet industry offers the highest average compensation for Technical Design roles,
with salaries approximately 18% above the market median.
Where Does Our Salary Data Come From?
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