Jobs / Design, media, and writing / 27-1025.00
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.
- US jobs
- 71,500
- Median wage
- $67,190 a year
- Job family
- Design, media, and writing
Can agents do the work of interior designers?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Design, media, and writing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)
No direct benchmark gives a success rate.
0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.
- 17%Design structures or facilitiesNot measured
- 14%Create visual designs or displaysNot measured
- 13%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
- 12%Direct construction or extraction activitiesNot measured
- 11%Confer with clients to determine needs or order specificationsNot measured
- 7%Read documents or materials to inform work processesNot measured
- 7%Inspect facilities or equipmentNot measured
- 6%Investigate the environmental impact of industrial or development activitiesNot measured
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in design, media, and writing, not always this occupation's tasks.
Also relevant
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Context only
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Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- 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.
- Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
- Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
- Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans.
- Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
- Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
- Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.
- Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
Other job titles for this occupation (29)
Certified Kitchen Designer · Color and Materials Designer · Commercial Interior Designer · Decorating Consultant · Designer · Interior Decorator · Interior Design Consultant · Interior Design Coordinator · Interior Designer · Registered Interior Designer · Bathroom Designer (Bath Designer) · Decorator · Design Consultant · Furniture Arranger · Home Decorator · Home Designer · Home Lighting Advisor · House Designer · Kitchen and Batch Designer · Kitchen and Bathroom Designer (Kitchen and Bath Designer) · Kitchen Cabinet Designer · Kitchen Designer · Lighting Designer · Project Designer · Project Interior Designer · Residential Designer · Residential Interior Designer · Room Designer · Stylist