2D/3D Artist / Illustrator

2D/3D Artist / Illustrator turns a brief into assets or experiences that support a product goal.

AI-assisted summary of published DOU and Djinni analytics

Salary from $1,147 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to $2,286 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs 445 Last 3 months
Applications per job 15.33 JobNote category match
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Published signal

Graphic / Motion Design proxy + Creative family
$1,600 Graphic / Motion Design median
$1,570 Graphic / Motion median

Hiring Review the brief, constraints, iterations, and outcome behind portfolio pieces.

Candidate Explain the problem, your decisions, and the result—not visuals alone.

Data Graphic/Motion proxy; not an exact speciality median.

Independent salary benchmark

DOU salary survey

Source data
June 2026 · 101 respondents
Role family
Lower quartile$1300
Median$1800
Upper quartile$2600
Year over year +12.5%

Salary range history

Lower quartile Median Upper quartile

2D/3D artists and illustrators · monthly net base salary in USD; bonuses excluded; all locations in the published CSV.

Derived from the shortened public salary-survey data published by DOU. Jobnote and DOU vacancy salaries are separate datasets.

Most wanted skills

Counts of active jobs now and salaries.

Adobe Photoshop 57 $1193–$2143 After Effects 55 $1219–$2192 Motion Design 43 $1428–$2204 Video Editing 39 $1014–$1889 3D Modeling 35 $1477–$3149 Blender 28 $1379–$2670 UX/UI 28 $2086–$3032 Adobe Premiere Pro 24 $1145–$2105 Unity Game Development 19 $1594–$3207 2D Animation 17 $1611–$3320

Where to hire

Sources

  1. Non-technical salaries — summer 2026 Published signal ·
  2. Non-technical salaries — winter 2026 Published signal ·