Since 2020
Southeast Asia's design pay conversation
Because pay is never just a number. It is context, power, and where the design industry is going.
2,910 +
pay responses shared across Southeast Asia
DPA community submissions tracker
Why this exists
Design pay in Southeast Asia has stayed private
Employers know the market rate for a role. Designers usually don't, until an offer forces the question.
Design Pay Asia asks designers to share what they actually earn, in the open, and publishes it as evidence anyone can check. The surveys have run since 2020, and every published report is built from designers who chose to answer honestly instead of comparing notes only in private.
The reports are the evidence. What the industry does with them is the harder question, and it's one only the industry itself can answer.
DPA publishes the numbers and convenes the conversation.
The reports
2024 report
Negotiation is still doing the work that published pay bands should.
52.5 % negotiated their compensation2023 report
Where you'd worked showed up in the pay.
85 % higher median pay with international experienceEvery report here is compiled from the same pool of raw submissions. The pool is anonymised, and it is public. Open the submissions tracker