Which pays more, Product Designer or UX Researcher?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Product Designer vs UX Researcher

Product Designer pays more: a median of $114,500 against $109,000. There is 2.1× more demand for Product Designer. Listings for UX Researcher move faster — median age 52 days against 94.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Product Designer	UX Researcher	Gap
Open postings	28,541	13,684	+14,857
Posted this week	2,319	1,189
Median salary	$114,500	$109,000	+$5.5k
25th percentile	$90.5k	$86k
75th percentile	$142k	$135k
Salary disclosed	6.4%	5.0%
Remote share	13.1%	12.3%	+0.8pp
Median age of posting	94d	52d
Open over 60 days	37.3%	34.1%
Visa sponsorship	6.3%	24.4%

Pay

Pay distribution

Product Designer

$52k$198k

UX Researcher

$49k$189k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Product Designer

just posted94d median90d+

UX Researcher

just posted52d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Product Designer — technologies

Docker

72.0%

Terraform

65.8%

Python

59.6%

Tableau

53.4%

dbt

47.2%

AWS

41.0%

JavaScript

34.8%

UX Researcher — technologies

Python

72.0%

Figma

65.8%

JavaScript

59.6%

Azure

53.4%

Airflow

47.2%

PostgreSQL

41.0%

dbt

34.8%

Product Designer — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Umbra Security

8.7%

Solstice Biotech

8.0%

Fairmount Legal

7.2%

Aperture Labs

6.5%

Beacon Robotics

5.8%

Kestrel Health

5.1%

UX Researcher — employers

Rivergate Media

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Meridian Software

8.0%

Brightline Retail

7.2%

Halcyon Energy

6.5%

Cobalt Financial

5.8%

Tidewater Insurance

5.1%

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Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.