design
Tier 2 · mid · representative cell
Product Designer — AI labor economics
Designs the end-to-end product experience. Bridges user research, interaction design, visual systems, and engineering handoff.
What follows is the matrix-derived read for this role at a representative cell. Your numbers will differ — compute your own Wagecard for the precise read on your geo, experience, salary, and task mix.
Operational AI cost
$4,645/mo
Tokens · oversight · retries · integration · orchestration.
Market rate (Tier 2 mid)
$114,800/yr
p25 $95,284 · p75 $135,464 · p90 $160,720
Economic substitution exposure
47 / 100
Lower = more human-leveraged. Mixed / Low confidence.
Substitution distribution
By hours-weighted share across this role's tasks
Replaceable17%
AI-augmented33%
Human-led + AI-assisted17%
Human-critical33%
Per-task read
The capability and human-advantage scores driving the role-level numbers.
Task
Capability
Reliability
Error cost
Human-advantage
Design wireframes / hi-fi mockups
65
55
2/5
45/100
Design system maintenance
55
50
3/5
55/100
Conduct user research
30
35
3/5
80/100
Stakeholder design reviews
25
25
3/5
80/100
Design QA + handoff
65
60
2/5
35/100
Generate visual assets
85
80
1/5
20/100
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Computed against capability matrix v1 · model v1-mvp · representative cell (Tier 2 / mid). Refreshed when the matrix refreshes. Open methodology at /methodology.