Nearly 900 US-based user experience (UX) professionals including information architects, usability practitioners, interface designers, and usability managers responded to the Usability Professionals' Association's (UPA) 2005 salary survey. The data shows that salaries vary by position, experience, advanced degrees, geography, and gender. The big takeaway? UX professionals are a steal the potential ROI of usability and design fixes far outweighs the costs of UX salaries. But low salaries have a negative long-term impact on the field: Companies looking to beef up their staff with experienced professionals or Ph.D.'s may find these candidates hard to come by.
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