DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
27-1025 Interior Designers
Occupational Description:
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. Excludes "Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers" (27-1026).| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities | 1,550 | 296 | $31.29/hr | $0.77/hr | $21.17/hr | $24.56/hr | $29.46/hr | $36.66/hr | $44.68/hr |
| Minnesota | 1,800 | 304 | $30.39/hr | $0.70/hr | $20.35/hr | $23.62/hr | $28.71/hr | $36.02/hr | $43.98/hr |
| U S | 60,650 | 1,759 | $29.62/hr | $0.33/hr | $15.53/hr | $20.53/hr | $27.22/hr | $35.70/hr | $46.86/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change - | |
| Architectural and Civil Drafters | 1,230 | $26.38/hr | N/A |
| Art Directors | 910 | $50.74/hr | N/A |
| Landscape Architects | 450 | $37.99/hr | N/A |
| Commercial and Industrial Designers | 370 | $32.79/hr | N/A |
| Costume Attendants | 190 | $24.66/hr | N/A |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers | 160 | $19.71/hr | N/A |
| Set and Exhibit Designers | 120 | $25.67/hr | N/A |
Tasks for Interior Designers
- Formulates environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.
- Confers with client to determine factors affecting planning interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, and purpose and function.
- Advises client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and utilization of furnishings and equipment, and color coordination.
- Estimates material requirements and costs, and presents design to client for approval.
- Renders design ideas in form of paste ups or drawings.
- Subcontracts fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
- Plans and designs interior environments for boats, planes, buses, trains, and other enclosed spaces.
- Selects or designs and purchases furnishings, art works, and accessories.
