Other designers

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2023 Workforce
332k
Average Age
41.9
Average Salary
$86,498
Average Male Salary
$96,032
Average Female Salary
$74,434

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Other designers are most often employed by the Specialized design services industry. The average yearly wage for Other designers was $86,498 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Other designers workforce. Other designers workforce in 2023 was 331,986 people, of which 44.1% were women and 55.9% were men. Other designers are paid most in San Francisco County (Southwest)--Outer Sunset & Inner Sunset PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
185,435
Male Workforce
± 10.6k
146,551
Female Workforce
± 9.39k

The Other designers workforce in 2023 was 331,986 people (44.1% women and 55.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 7.11% between 2018 (309,937) and 2023 (331,986).

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Employment by Location

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

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Delaware ($129,147), Washington ($115,302), and Arkansas ($112,882).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$86,498
AVERAGE WAGE
#120 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Other designers earned an average of $86,498, $18,771 more than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.387
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Other designers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.387, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Other designers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Other designers and on wages for those in the field. Specialized design services is the industry that employs the most Other designers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Other designers, by average wage, is Taxi & limousine service ($248,426).

Occupations by Industries

Metric
Value
332k
2023 Workforce
± 14,131
1.75%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 5.94%

This graphic shows the share of Other designers employed by various industries. Specialized design services employs the largest share of Other designers at 31.7%, followed by Architectural, engineering & related services with 28.4% and uninformed with 25.9%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Other designers in the US. The workforce of Other designers in 2023 was 331,986 people, with 44.1% woman, and 55.9% men. The average age of male Other designers in the workforce is 43.3 and of female Other designers is 40.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Other designers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Other designers in 2023 was 331,986 people, with 44.1% woman, and 55.9% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (50,124 people), 25 to 29 years (44,604  people), and 35 to 39 years (44,084 people). Among them they concentrated 41.8% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 12.6% of Other designers workers were Hispanic and 87.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (48.4%), Puerto Rican (8.91)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (6.31)%

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Races

In 2023, 70.6% of the Other designers workforce were White, of which 42.6% were women and 57.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (11.6%) and Two or More Races (8.61%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Other designers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Other designers is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Architecture and Related Services.

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 Other designers in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (65,482 people), Engineering (22,214 people), and Architecture and Related Services (21,705 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Other designers workers were Bachelors Degree (151,030 people), Graduate Degree (53,558 people), and Some college (52,108 people).

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