Creative & Media
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.
Median salary
$63,490
Typical range
$38k – $106k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Interior Designers
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Interior Designers Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Interior Designers
Entry / Junior
$38,480
~2 yrs to advance
Interior Designers
Established
$63,490
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Interior Designers
Senior
$84,790
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Key skills
A typical day
- •Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
- •Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
- •Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.
- •Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.
- •Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Creative & Media
Explore all- University of Southern California12% admit · $86,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
- Northwestern University7% admit · $95,000 grad pay
- University of Chicago5% admit · $91,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.