Occupational Employment Statistics
27-1021 Commercial and Industrial Designers
Develop and design manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.
Northwest Minnesota
| 40 | 9 | $33.73/hr | $23.32/hr | $28.04/hr | $31.33/hr | $36.75/hr | $47.16/hr |
Construction | 70 | $35.67/hr |
Manufacturing | 380 | $34.63/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 240 | $40.74/hr |
Information | 10 | $45.58/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 180 | $49.34/hr |
Public Administration | N/A | N/A |
- Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
- Investigate product characteristics such as the product's safety and handling qualities, its market appeal, how efficiently it can be produced, and ways of distributing, using, and maintaining it.
- Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.
- Coordinate the look and function of product lines.
- Confer with engineering, marketing, production, or sales departments, or with customers, to establish and evaluate design concepts for manufactured products.
- Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
- Research production specifications, costs, production materials, and manufacturing methods and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
- Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
- Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or blueprints, using drafting instruments, paints and brushes, or computer-aided design equipment.
- Supervise assistants' work throughout the design process.