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What designers make
Median
$65,000
Lower end
$42,000
Upper end
$110,000
Job Bank's national median for graphic designers and illustrators is $31.25 an hour, about $65,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The low and high are the bottom and top of the wage range for everyone in the group, from $20.00 to $52.88 an hour.