Product Designer market brief · San Francisco, CA
Product Designer Jobs in San Francisco, CA
285 product designer openings are live in the San Francisco, CA area from 192 employers, led by OpenAI, Amazon, and Atlassian. The middle half of posted salaries runs $150,000–$200,000 a year (median $172,572), from the 80% of listings that disclose pay. Mid-level roles are the largest group, at 31% of openings. 16% of listings accept remote work.
Data updated Nov 5, 2026
Role and market snapshot
A quick read on demand before you open the live listings
Tracked jobs
- 285
- Live product designer openings currently tracked in the San Francisco market.
Companies hiring
- 192
- Distinct employers represented in this publishable market view.
Median compensation
- $172,572
- 80% of listings provide usable compensation data.
Market analysis
Role-specific demand, level, employer, and compensation signals for this local market
Start with the level mix, then compare current demand, compensation coverage, and employer concentration before opening the live listings.
Level mix
Career ladder
San Francisco is mid-level-heavy for product designer roles: 35% of currently tracked openings with a derived level sit at mid-level. Entry-level openings exist, but they are a smaller slice of the market.
30-day window
Demand and salary
Current jobs
285
Hiring employers
192
Salary coverage
80%
Median experience
5.0 years
Within this market
Employer tier lens
Startups & growing teams
167
107 companies · $160,000 median
Established employers
84
53 companies · $200,000 median
Top of market
18
18 companies · $238,500 median
Coverage-gated
Salary distribution
P25
$150,000
P50
$172,572
P75
$200,000
P90
$226,560
Salary figures use annualized USD posted minimum compensation from listings in this market. An employer that posts the same pay on many listings counts once, and figures render only when enough distinct employers disclose pay.
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- Open live product designer listings in San Francisco
- Compare the level mix before narrowing your search
- Use employer and compensation signals to prioritize outreach
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Use the signal
The best next step is opening the roles behind the aggregate: compare product designer opportunities in San Francisco, save the strongest fits, and keep the market signal close while you apply.
- 285 live roles tracked in this market.
- 192 employers represented in the current window.
- Market data refreshed Nov 5, 2026.
A practical market plan for Product Designer in San Francisco
Use this sequence to move from aggregate labor-market data to a focused application list.
- 01
Read the demand
285 product designer openings across 192 employers establish the current San Francisco opportunity set.
- 02
Choose the right rung
Mid-level leads the derived level mix with 88 tracked openings.
- 03
Prioritize employers
OpenAI is one of the most active visible employers, with 7 current openings in this market view.
- 04
Open the live roles
24 representative openings connect this brief to jobs you can review now.
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Where this market is hiring
Move from the San Francisco market view into active employers and representative product designer openings
Employer activity · 192 companies
Who is hiring in this market
The most active visible employers, ordered by openings represented in the current market sample.
Live opportunity sample · 24 of 285 matches
Representative openings
Open a role to inspect the full requirements. Compensation appears only when the listing provides usable salary data.
More product designer openings in San Francisco
- Product Designer · TypeSafe
- Senior Product Designer - AI Experiences · Expedia
- Staff UX/UI Designer · CHAOS Industries
- Lead Product Designer – Personalization & AI Experiences · Expedia
- Founding Product Designer · Clera
- Senior Product Designer - Top of Funnel · LinkedIn
- Senior Product Designer - Top of Funnel · LinkedIn
- Staff Product Designer, QuickBooks Capital · Intuit
- Senior UX/UI Designer (Contract) · Mixbook
- Staff Product Designer, Spend · Airwallex
- Product Designer · Tarro
- Senior Product Designer, Prime Video · Amazon
- Senior Product Designer · Harvey
- Senior Product Designer · Watney Robotics
- Principal Product Designer · Rox-Data-Corp
- Product Designer · Sirona Medical
Product Designer jobs in San Francisco: what applicants need to know
Current answers for a difficult AI-era job search, grounded in this publishable role and location market view rather than generic career advice.
- 01
How many product designer jobs are open in San Francisco?
Metaintro tracks 285 live product designer openings from 192 employers in the San Francisco, CA area over the last 30 days.
- 02
What do product designer jobs in San Francisco pay?
The median posted salary is $172,572 a year. The middle half of posted salaries runs $150,000 to $200,000. Based on the 80% of current listings that disclose pay.
- 03
Which experience level has the most product designer openings in San Francisco?
Mid-level roles lead with 88 openings. Experience level is known for 89% of this market's listings.
- 04
Which companies are hiring for product designer jobs in San Francisco?
OpenAI, Amazon, Atlassian, and Intuit have the most open product designer roles here right now, out of 192 hiring employers.
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Related roles
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Level views
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Labor market data
Layoffs, WARN notices and hiring demand beside the San Francisco market
- Layoffs trackerEvery tracked layoff, store closure and office mandate, by company.
- Monthly layoffs reportsEach month's cuts, the companies behind them and the trend.
- 2026 layoffs year in reviewThe year's cuts by month, company, cause and state.
- WARN notices by stateEvery state's official layoff and plant closing notice list.
- Hiring Demand MonitorDaily open jobs at 280,000 employers, from their own career sites.
- Job markets by role and cityLive openings, employers and pay for each local market.
Built for career movement
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