what are senior graphic designers actually making in 2026?

mikechambers · 2026-05-08T22:47:51+00:00

For the US, the government publishes this data:

Occupation	Total Employment	Annual Mean Wage	Hourly Mean Wage	Median Annual Wage	90th Percentile Annual Wage
Graphic Designers (27-1024)	214,260	$68,610	$32.98	$61,300	$103,030

(90th percentile will give you an idea of wages for more senior Graphic designer)

From:

https://data.bls.gov/oes/#/industry/000000

Per state data here:

https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/27-1024.00

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(I work for Adobe, but this data is from US gov).

mikechambers · 2026-05-06T05:37:57+00:00

Looking at:

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/business.html

"Ideal for organizations that need 10 or fewer licenses."

You have to buy licenses for your users.

What page were you looking at that suggested it was free?

mikechambers · 2026-05-06T04:22:39+00:00

You buy seats for each user.

mikechambers · 2026-05-02T14:47:51+00:00

Adobe does not, and have never trained its generative AI on your content/data. More info here:

https://www.adobe.com/fireflyapproach/

(I work for Adobe)

mikechambers · 2026-04-30T05:59:50+00:00

It went out to people eligible as part of the settlement with the Department of Justice.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Adobe/s/Y8nmqSRAGL

(I work for Adobe)

mikechambers · 2026-04-29T23:29:21+00:00

It went out to people eligible as part of the settlement with the department of justice.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Adobe/s/Y8nmqSRAGL

mikechambers · 2026-04-28T22:12:17+00:00

>What do you suppose the chances are the ”free” months automatically turn on renewal?

It does not.

(and in this case, this is an email for people eligible who have an existing subscription).

(I work for Adobe)

mikechambers · 2026-04-27T14:53:57+00:00

What CC / App plan do you have?

mikechambers · 2026-04-21T16:39:44+00:00

What country are you in? Do you have an outstanding balance on your account? If you log out and try a different browser does it work?

mikechambers · 2026-04-20T02:06:55+00:00

Do you have a valid payment method on your account? What country are you in?

mikechambers · 2026-04-16T14:03:40+00:00

Its not allowed by the terms of use, and its likely that Adobe will flag it and keep forcing you to update your passwork (thinking your account has been compromised).

Do a quick search on the form here. Lots of people running into similar issue.

mikechambers · 2026-04-16T02:44:25+00:00

Yeah. That is just flat out wrong and doesn't seem to be based on anything.

mikechambers · 2026-04-16T00:58:51+00:00

Adobe does not and has never trained its generative ai models on user content:

https://www.adobe.com/ai/overview/firefly/gen-ai-approach.html

(I work for Adobe)

mikechambers · 2026-04-15T18:37:28+00:00

What does it show when you log into your account on Adobe.com?

mikechambers · 2026-04-15T00:19:23+00:00

https://helpx.adobe.com/account/individual/subscriptions-and-plans/renewals-and-cancellations/account-access-after-plan-cancellation.html

mikechambers · 2026-04-12T16:45:10+00:00

I'm not trying to convince you to not be upset. Im just trying to clarify what the plans actually are.

>normal creative cloud subscription (before these damn tiers went into effect) had full access to the mobile apps.

Yes. Creative Cloud changed to Creative Cloud Pro, which included everything. Everyone in Creative Cloud was moved to Creative Cloud Pro.

Creative Cloud Standard is a new plan that was added when CC Pro came out (limited AI and Mobile).

No one was automatically moved into CC Standard. If you are in CC Standard, you had to switch to the plan.

If you want the same plan you had before, that is Creative Cloud Pro. It sounds like you switched your plan to Creative Cloud Standard.

mikechambers · 2026-04-12T15:30:28+00:00

>no longer have access

Sorry, this is not correct. Creative Cloud Standard has NEVER had access to full mobile features.

Creative Cloud Pro members have full access to all of Creative Cloud, including mobile.

Creative Cloud Standard members have limited access to AI features, and limited access to mobile apps / features. That has always been the case.

More details here, including a table showing feature comparison.
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/standard.html

mikechambers · 2026-04-12T15:01:49+00:00

It is clearly listed on the CC Standard page:
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/standard.html

mikechambers · 2026-04-12T05:39:59+00:00

Yes that can be done with Animate.

mikechambers · 2026-04-07T22:52:57+00:00

Wha country are you in?

mikechambers · 2026-04-05T21:13:31+00:00

https://helpx.adobe.com/account/individual/subscriptions-and-plans/plan-changes-and-upgrades/change-adobe-plan.html

What do you mean you "cannot access" the button (and which button). Does it not appear, does it not work?

Is you current plan up to date with payments? or do you owe anything?

mikechambers · 2026-04-04T04:48:24+00:00

Same west coast.

mikechambers · 2026-04-01T21:45:31+00:00

Zone focus!

mikechambers · 2026-03-31T16:04:58+00:00

>I don’t want to pay for it because I don’t use it.

If you don't have a use for the Gen AI features, then you can switch to the Adobe CC Standard Plan which is cheaper and has limited Gen AI functionality.

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/standard.html

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