Work Experience

This chapter examines the relationship between a service design professional's years of experience—both general and service design-specific—and their salary and job satisfaction. We explore how compensation and satisfaction evolve as professionals advance in their careers.

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General Work Experience

Median Salary

How many years of general work experience do you have?

This chart illustrates how median salary changes with the total number of years of professional experience.

Note: We only show the median salary based on the data from people at agencies and in-house (excluding freelance).

Satisfaction Score

This chart shows the average compensation satisfaction score based on the total years of general work experience.

Respondents Breakdown

This chart displays the distribution of survey respondents based on their years of general work experience.

Service Design Experience

Median Salary

How many years of service design related experience do you have?

This chart breaks down the median salary by the number of years of experience specifically in service design.

Note: We only show the median salary based on the data from people at agencies and in-house (excluding freelance).

Satisfaction Score

This chart visualizes the average compensation satisfaction score based on years of service design-specific experience.

Respondents Breakdown

This chart shows the distribution of respondents based on their years of service design experience, providing context for the salary and satisfaction data.