Program Designer Salary in Seattle, Washington

How much does a Program Designer make in Seattle, WA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Program Designer in Seattle, WA is $109,959. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $91,266 to a high of $131,262, with most professionals earning between $100,175 and $121,110.

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What is a Program Designer?

A Program Designer is the person responsible for the overall design of an internet or interactive project. Relying on a broad base of visual, media and computing skills, the Program Designer shapes the project's look and functionality from initial stages to completed project. Unlike the project manager, who has broad budget and scheduling responsibility, the Program Designer oversees the artistic and functional direction, and therefore relays plans and specifications to the visual designers, interface designers, developers and project manager in order to construct the program. Similar to an in...

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Demonstrated interest and experience in working in partnership with schools, community groups, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations, as appropriate to the position.

January 30, 2023

Assist the Furniture Program Manager in eliciting, evaluating, integrating, and coordinating information between the requestors and the program.

February 07, 2023

Design customized sales learning programs, to include sales onboarding, selling skill improvement and leader coaching while driving CGI's digital strategy by developing and mapping micro-learning to the sales process for just-in-time consumption and sales effectiveness.

March 16, 2023

Create UX/VX prototypes/animations at all levels of fidelity which are suitable for demonstrations (to illustrate key concepts) and for user testing.

March 27, 2023

Build relationships with key cross-functional partners to understand how your content is being received, and take action based on feedback.

April 11, 2023

Develops research plans, conducts analysis and creates proposals for stakeholders for deploying strategies and tactics to enhance the customer experience including processes, communications, and interactions.

April 26, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Program Designer in Seattle, WA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

100175

121110

109959

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

104263

126629

114918

What is the average salary for Program Designer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Program Designer in Seattle, WA. The base salary for Program Designer ranges from $100,175 to $121,110 with the average base salary of $109,959. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $104,263 to $126,629 with the average total cash compensation of $114,918.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$109,959	$100,175 - $121,110
Bonus	$4,959	$4,089 - $5,520
Total Pay	$114,918	$104,263 - $126,629

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Program Designer Salary Near Seattle, WA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Kent, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,827 - $118,272	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Bellevue, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $100,175 - $121,110	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA 0%
CITY, STATE Renton, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $100,075 - $120,989	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Federal Way, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $98,018 - $118,502	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Auburn, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $98,018 - $118,502	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Bremerton, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $98,344 - $118,896	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA

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About Seattle, Washington

Seattle (/siˈætəl/ (listen) see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 730,000 residents as of 2018[update], Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. According to U.S. Census data released in 2018, the Seattle metropolitan area’s population stands at 3.87 million, and ranks as the 15th largest in the United States. In July 2013, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States and remained in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual...

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