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 $1,128 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Salary to $2,250 Posted estimate · last 3 months
Jobs 480 Last 3 months
Applications per job 15.02 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 69 $1226–$2179 After Effects 66 $1260–$2213 Motion Design 51 $1449–$2222 Video Editing 50 $1066–$1907 3D Modeling 38 $1442–$3064 UX/UI 36 $2090–$3029 Blender 30 $1337–$2624 2D Animation 24 $1647–$3114 Adobe Premiere Pro 23 $1222–$2096 AI 21 $2261–$3585

Where to hire

Sources

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