# Interior Designers

SOC 27-1025. Page: https://educationguide.com/careers/interior-designers

Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

## Pay and outlook
- U.S. median wage $67,190 (middle half $51,840–$85,740; BLS May 2025)
- Ages 25-34: median $59,662; 82% hold a bachelor's or higher (Census ACS 2020-2024)
- Jobs 2025-35: 2.7%; ~7.7k openings a year; typical entry: Bachelor's degree

## Fields of degree of young workers (ages 25-34, bachelor's+)
- Commercial Art And Graphic Design: 49% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/graphic-interior-fashion-design)
- Architecture: 10% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/architecture, https://educationguide.com/degrees/architectural-sciences-and-technology)
- Fine Arts: 4%
- Psychology: 4% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/psychology)
- Communications: 3% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/communications, https://educationguide.com/degrees/communication-journalism-and-related-programs-other)
- Marketing And Marketing Research: 3% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/marketing, https://educationguide.com/degrees/specialized-sales-merchandising-and-marketing-operations)
- Biology: 2% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/biology)
- General Business: 1% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/business)
- Business Management And Administration: 1% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/business-administration)
- Family And Consumer Sciences: 1% (https://educationguide.com/degrees/human-development-and-family-studies, https://educationguide.com/degrees/foods-nutrition-and-related-services)

## Median wage by state
- AK: $63,320
- AL: $61,050
- AR: $69,990
- AZ: $61,460
- CA: $80,230
- CO: $78,390
- CT: $67,330
- DC: $98,450
- DE: $60,360
- FL: $60,860
- GA: $71,760
- HI: $63,780
- IA: $58,040
- IL: $76,290
- IN: $62,580
- KS: $61,090
- KY: $59,240
- LA: $60,610
- MA: $80,110
- MD: $65,070
- ME: $63,830
- MI: $59,340
- MN: $73,270
- MO: $59,610
- MS: $43,740
- MT: $61,770
- NC: $61,400
- ND: $59,190
- NE: $64,870
- NH: $64,140
- NJ: $74,020
- NM: $60,850
- NY: $75,580
- OH: $61,410
- OK: $68,520
- OR: $66,350
- PA: $62,400
- PR: $32,150
- RI: $58,100
- SC: $63,790
- SD: $65,220
- TN: $63,660
- TX: $65,160
- UT: $61,740
- VA: $62,560
- VT: $63,870
- WA: $76,570
- WI: $62,740
- WV: $49,800
- WY: $96,100

Method: https://educationguide.com/how-we-score#careers

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