Where ux and ui designers earn online
UX and UI designers take product design contracts, join vetted design networks, and sell UI kits and templates. Mentorship platforms also pay experienced designers to coach people entering the field.
Also for
- product designer
- web designer
- Figma designer
How ux and ui designers earn
- 1Product design contracts on freelance and vetted networks
- 2Selling UI kits, icons and design files
- 3Paid mentoring and portfolio reviews
Case studies that show the problem, your process and the result win more work than polished screens alone.
What the work is worth
Guess first: what does a typical US ux or ui designer earn in a year?
US employees in the closest official occupation (SOC 15-1255), Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. A benchmark for what the work is worth, not what a platform pays.
The best matches for ux and ui designers
Canva CreatorsDesign marketplace★ 3.4Monthly royalty pool b…
SribuDesign marketplace★ 3.210–20%
PatternbankDesign marketplace★ 2.950%
Dribbble JobsDesign job board0%
Authentic JobsDesign and dev job board★ 4.30%
Figma CommunityDesign marketplace★ 3.215%
Best matched first: platforms built for this work, then matching tags, kind and description.
Where the work is
The kinds of platform where ux and ui designers find work, sized by how many we matched.
| Kind | Platforms |
|---|---|
| Freelance sites | 12 |
| Template marketplaces | 5 |
| Print-on-demand platforms | 4 |
| Remote job boards | 3 |
| Vintage selling platforms | 2 |
| Mentorship platforms | 2 |
| Stock marketplaces | 2 |
| Store builders | 1 |
| 2 other kinds | 2 |
Tour a kind
Keep more of what you earn
Of the 12 matched platforms that publish a percentage fee, these take the smallest cut (median 10.9%).
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Squarespace | 1% |
| Braintrust | 5% |
| Guru | 7% |
| Upwork | 7.5% |
| Freelancer | 10% |
| 99designs | 10% |
| PeoplePerHour | 11.8% |
| Sribu | 15% |
| Figma Community | 15% |
| Pinkoi | 15% |
| Fiverr | 20% |
| 1stDibs | 20% |
