Designers

Employment and salary information for the Designers workforce. Designers workforce in 2017 was 742,533 people, of which 52.4% were women and 47.6% were men.

Designers are paid most in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 1--Williamsburg & Greenpoint PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

353,193

Male Workforce

± 14.6k

389,340

Female Workforce

± 15.3k

The Designers workforce in 2017 was 742,533 people (52.4% women and 47.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of 12.9% between 2014 (657,749) and 2017 (742,533).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Designers.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were California ($67,026), Alaska ($66,759), and New York ($64,878).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$54,368

AVERAGE WAGE

#184 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Designers earned an average of $54,368, $15,509 less than the average national salary of $69,878

In 2017, Designers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.409, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Designers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Designers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Designers and on wages for those in the field. Specialized design services is the industry that employs the most Designers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Designers, by average wage, is Oil & gas extraction ($133,878).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

743k

2017 Workforce

± 21,101

3.56%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 3.92%

This graphic shows the share of Designers employed by various industries. Specialized design services employs the largest share of Designers at 53.7%, followed by Architectural, engineering & related services with 21.9% and Retail florists with 13.6%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Designers in the US. The workforce of Designers in 2017 was 742,533 people, with 52.4% woman, and 47.6% men. The average age of male Designers in the workforce is 41.1 and of female Designers is 39.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Designers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Designers in 2017 was 742,533 people, with 52.4% woman, and 47.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (118,830 people), 30 to 34 years (108,099 people), and 35 to 39 years (91,244 people). Among them they concentrated 42.9% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2017, 11.6% of Designers workers were Hispanic and 88.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (49.9%), Puerto Rican (12.1)%, and Cuban (5.24)%

You can review this information by gender using the selectors above.

Races

In 2017, 80.7% of the Designers workforce were White, of which 53.1% were women and 46.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (8.66%) and Black (4.79%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Designers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Designers is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Visual & Performing Arts.

Among the necessary skills for Designers, Critical Thinking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Designers need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Designers in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (196,708 people), Engineering (37,113 people), and Business (35,196 people).

You can review this information for different academic grades by modifying the option selected in the selector above.

Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Designers workers were Bachelors Degree (356,037 people), Some college (129,509 people), and Associates Degree (92,539 people).

The graphic shows the Designers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Designers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Designers need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Speaking.