Product Designers

Overview

Product Designers

Introduction

Product designers oversee the process of developing new products or improving existing ones from ideas on paper or screen to finished product. In recent years, the field of product design has been more closely associated with tech products, but product designers supervise the creation or improvement of any type of product—from furniture and automobiles, to kitchen appliances and solar panels. This field is sometimes confused with user experience design. User experience designers focus on the usability and accessibility of a product,...

Quick Facts


Median Salary

$128,000

Employment Prospects

Good

Minimum Education Level

Bachelors Degree


Experience

Internship


Skills

Digital Media|Business Management|Drawing/Design


Personality Traits

Creative|Hands On|Problem-Solving

Earnings

Product designers earned average salaries of $128,000 in 2024, according to GlassDoor.com. Earnings ranged from $99,000 to $168,000 or more.

Indeed.com reported a similar ($127,166) average salary for product designers. The most common benefits for workers in this field include health, dental, and vision insurance; paid sick time; access to a health savings account; access to a 401(k) sa...

Work Environment

Product designers typically work in traditional business offices or design studios. Their work area may be situated in close proximity to production areas in order to facilitate easy interactions with manufacturing workers.

Designers typically work a standard 40-hour week, Monday through Friday but—like workers in other professions—they may need to work at nights and on weekends to meet ...

Outlook

Employment for industrial designers (a career that is related to that of product designer) is expected to grow by 3 percent, as fast as the average for all occupations, from 2023 to 2033, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Companies have realized that creating attractive, user-friendly products gives them an edge over their competition, so there will continue to be good demand for produ...

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