Graphic Designer Salary Range

What is a graphic design? What is the use of 'graphic designing'? Words, images, symbols or a combination of all these play an important role in graphic designing. With the help of 'graphic designing', you can communicate your ideas quickly and effectively. It can be called an art of visualizing ideas. The innovative ideas can be well expressed through news letters, designer logos, brochures, posters etc. You can convey your ideas and deliver your new concepts with the help of well aligned and clearly structured graphic designing. Graphic designing is used as a form of effective communication in the fields of advertisement, web application, product packing, road side journals, administration etc. Typography and various other skills are required to bring the ideas in graphical form. Skillful use of available software is also necessary. A graphic designer can make the lines and colors in ordinary objects, dramatically functional and appealing. If the person who can generate impressive ideas, has a pedantic approach towards client's needs and current technologies, it can greatly help in the desired career development plan.

Responsibilities of a Graphic Designer

Graphic designer job description involves so many duties. He/she is responsible for:

• Designing new ideas and concepts
• Presenting the ideas to clients
• Meeting the clients often, so that, the designs can be adjusted to fit their tastes
• Producing graphic art and visual materials for advertisements, films, packaging, promotions, informative and instructional material with the help of a computer.
• Remaining abreast to technological advances and using them promptly.
• Planning budgets and schedule
• Using latest computer software for the execution of the designs
• Working successfully with a team of technicians, developers, printers, programmers etc.
• Perfect manipulation of graphic images, text and animation, sound, video techniques.

Graphic Designer Salary Range

A graphic designer is expected to have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, along with a great deal of creativity and latitude. Prior experience in this field will definitely add to the qualification. Salary negotiation can be the hardest part of your career planning! According to the latest statistics available, the graphic designer salary range is $ 40,000 to $ 75,000, which can vary according to the employee credentials, size of the industry, years of experience, location etc. The average salary is around $ 51,500. It is one of the top paying jobs and careers in the U.S. The salary may vary from state to state in the U.S. The following table will inform you about the latest annual average salary of a graphic designer.

Type of Designer	Approximate Average Salary as of Dec 3, 2009.
Graphic Designer	$ 40,000
Web Designer	$ 48,500
Designer	$ 50,000
Graphic Artist	$ 33,500
Web Developer	$ 59,500
Web Graphic Designer	$ 42,000
Software Engineer	$ 75,000
Visual Information Specialist	$ 49,500
Design Manager	$ 45,500
Production Artist	$ 38,000
Senior Graphic Designer	$ 60,000

The following table will inform you about how the average salary of a graphic designer varies according to the experience.

Experience	Approximate Salary Range as of Dec 3, 2009.
Less than one year	$ 27,000 to $ 38,000
One to four years	$ 30,500 to $ 41,000
Five to nine years	$ 35,000 to $ 49,000
Ten to nineteen years	$ 36,500 to $ 55,000
Twenty years and more	$ 38,500 to $ 60,000

It can be safely concluded, that the job of a 'graphic designer' is one of the rewarding jobs among various IT jobs. Not only the salary but also the highest level of job satisfaction due to the opportunity for creativity that it provides is taken into consideration, while pursuing a career as graphic designer.