Hourly Wage for Principal Designer Salary in the United States

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How much does a Principal Designer make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for a Principal Designer in the United States is $122 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $108 and $137. Hourly rate can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Interior Designer

DeLeo & Fletcher Design - Dallas , TX

The designer will collaborate directly with the Principal or senior project manager to manage the day-to-day production and operations of multiple luxury residential projects. Candidates must have ...

LinkedIn - 11 days ago

Junior Designer

Christine Vroom Interiors - Redondo Beach , CA

The project designer will assist the Principal Designer in vendor correspondence, managing meeting agendas, sourcing, procurement, schedules, obtaining quotes and samples, general organization ...

LinkedIn - 4 days ago

Principal Product Designer (321339)

IDR, Inc. - Dallas , TX

IDR is seeking a Principal UX Product Designer to join one of our top clients in Dallas, TX. If you are looking for an opportunity to join a large organization and work within an ever-growing team ...

LinkedIn - 13 days ago

Principal Product Designer, Listing Agent

Realtor.com Careers - Austin , TX

Join us as our newest Principal Product Designer, Listing Agent and continue to Love Your Career at Realtor.com® Our Principal Product Designers are subject matter experts that lead, guide, teach ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 1 day ago

Junior Interior Designer

Insight HRM - Detroit , MI

The Junior Designer supports the CEO/Principal Designer, Lead Designer, and the Design Team in day-to-day design functions of Concetti. The Junior Designer assists with providing quality and ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 21 days ago

Interior Designer

TALIE JANE INTERIORS - Stateline , NV

Must be able to collaborate and work in a team environment with the Principal Designer, Associate and Assistant Designers. Working experience in Interior design, sourcing, and skilled proficiency ...

ZipRecruiter - 71 days ago

What does a Principal Designer do?

Common responsibilities of a Principal Designer

Collaborate with business analysts, product managers, developers and design teams on research activities, strategy sessions, ideation, design, and testing of new product concepts.

January 26, 2023

Drive strategic goals of the organization through design thinking, working collaboratively with other Design Leads, Product Designers, Researchers, Data Scientists, Engineers, the CPO, and CEO.

March 02, 2023

Performs as a key member of the digital design team, Plans and executes designs that extend past digital into the store setting.

March 12, 2023

Assist in the planning and estimating of design activities, participating in broader workflow coordination and setting of expectations.

March 21, 2023

Designs complex and wide-impact solutions from the ground-up, has an understanding of technical capabilities, and has business acumen that provides justification for design decisions.

March 29, 2023

Provide product usability, evaluation and support to product development teams, including the analysis and investigation of applications/systems including tactile methods, visual graphics, web, multimedia, voice response and conversational user interaction.

April 26, 2023

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Average Hourly Wage

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122

Average Total Hourly Cash Compensation

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These charts show the average hourly wage (core compensation), as well as the average total hourly cash compensation for the job of Principal Designer in the United States. The average hourly rate for Principal Designer ranges from $108 to $137 with the average hourly pay of $122. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $129 to $180 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $151.

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