Designers
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonDesigners are most often employed by the Specialized design services industry. The average yearly wage for Designers was $54,470 in 2017.
The locations that employ the most Designers are Greenpoint & Williamsburg PUMA, NY, Upper East Side PUMA, NY, and Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Designers are Greenpoint & Williamsburg PUMA, NY, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY, and Bushwick PUMA, NY.
Employment and salary information for the Designers workforce. Designers workforce in 2017 was 739,803 people, of which 52.5% were women and 47.5% were men. Designers are paid most in Tottenville, Great Kills & Annadale PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Greenpoint & Williamsburg PUMA, NY.
The Designers workforce in 2017 was 739,803 people (52.5% women and 47.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 12.9% between 2014 (655,011) and 2017 (739,803).
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).
In 2017, Designers earned an average of $54,470, $5,126 less than the average national salary of $59,596
The graph shows the ranking of Designers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2017.
In 2017, Designers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.408, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. 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.
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).
This graphic shows the share of Designers employed by various industries. Specialized design services employs the largest share of Designers at 60.2%, followed by Architectural, engineering & related services with 24.6% and Retail florists with 15.2%.
Demographic information on Designers in the US. The workforce of Designers in 2017 was 739,803 people, with 52.5% woman, and 47.5% 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.
The workforce of Designers in 2017 was 739,803 people, with 52.5% woman, and 47.5% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (118,319 people), 30 to 34 years (107,581 people), and 35 to 39 years (90,867 people). Among them they concentrated 42.8% of the total workforce.
In 2017, 11.3% of Designers workers were Hispanic and 88.7% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (77.6%), Puerto Rican (14.2)%, and Cuban (8.15)%
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In 2017, 80.8% of the Designers workforce were White, of which 53.2% were women and 46.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (8.69%) and Black (4.76%).
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, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Designers need more than the average amount of Technology Design.
The most common majors achieved by Designers in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (196,058 people), Engineering (36,966 people), and Business (35,040 people).
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The main educational levels achieved by the Designers workers were Bachelors Degree (354,691 people), Some college (129,048 people), and Associates Degree (92,053 people).
The graphic shows the Designers workforce by gender and educational level.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Designers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Designers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking.
