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 |
| Southwest Minnesota | N/A | 68 | $25.94/hr | $1.85/hr | $12.00/hr | $19.79/hr | $25.04/hr | $30.43/hr | $40.97/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 2020 - 2030 | |
| Architectural and Civil Drafters | 150 | $26.35/hr | 3.6% |
| Commercial and Industrial Designers | 30 | $24.54/hr | 5.4% |
| Art Directors | 20 | $41.11/hr | 5.5% |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers | 10 | $13.33/hr | N/A |
| Landscape Architects | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Costume Attendants | N/A | N/A | 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.
