Median Annual Wage: $48,400
Education: Bachelor's degree (78%); Associate's degree (22%)
Projected Growth: Average (8% to 14%)
Related Job Titles: Designer; Interior Designer; Interior Design Coordinator; Interior Design Consultant; Interior Design Director; Certified Kitchen Designer; Color and Materials Designer; Commercial Interior Designer; Decorating Consultant; Director of Interiors
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Interior Designers.
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- Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, and purpose and function.
- Advise client on interior design factors such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
- Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
- Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
- Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
- Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
- Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.
- Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art works, and accessories.
- Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
- Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Interior Designers.
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Interior Designers.
