Side-by-side distribution
Art Director
$165,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 41.6%
- Live roles
- 640
UI Designer
$117,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 23.2%
- Live roles
- 448
Highest-paying jobs
Director, Product Design
Director, User Experience Research – Experience Design (XD)
Sr Director of Design, Firefly
Director - Intel Foundry Pre-Silicon Design Quality and Reliability
Optoelectronic IC Package Design Director
Director, Physical Design (Silicon One)
Senior Director, AI SOC Design Verification
National Design Director - Sports Architecture
Director of Data Sciences - Supply Chain Network Planning and Design
Director Product Design
Highest-paying jobs
Visual Designer, Web
Senior UI/UX Designer
UX/UI Designer – Fleet Command & Robot Management
UI / Visual Designer Specialist
Senior Staff Visual Designer, Design Lab
Staff Visual Designer, Design Lab
Staff Visual Designer - Design Systems
Staff Visual Product Designer, Design Systems
Senior Visual Designer, Games
UI/UX Designer - TS/SCI with Polygraph
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
VML
|
$127,500 | 17 |
Accenture
|
$146,300 | 7 |
Omnicom Media
|
$115,000 | 7 |
Syska Hennessy Group
|
$141,811 | 5 |
Dentsu
|
$127,213 | 5 |
|
Intel
|
$287,585 | 4 |
The New York Times
|
$132,990 | 4 |
| DE DEPT® | $121,750 | 4 |
Konrad
MetroStar
IDEO
Accenture Federal Services
CoCreativ
LOOP®
Art Director salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $239,453 | 6 |
| San Francisco | $214,272 | 16 |
| London | $200,529 | 4 |
| Seattle | $196,325 | 8 |
| Los Angeles | $192,950 | 15 |
| Denver | $190,750 | 4 |
| Atlanta | $163,825 | 4 |
| New York | $140,000 | 85 |
| Boston | $138,050 | 8 |
| Chicago | $127,500 | 17 |
Art Director vs UI Designer: which pays more?
The median for Art Director is $165,000 per year (typically $124,575–$217,625), versus $117,000 for UI Designer ($86,327–$162,750). That puts Art Director about 41% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Art Director and UI Designer are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.