How much does a interior designer make?

In the US, pay often changes with experience, responsibility, location, and employer or industry; BLS data show that industries pay differently. Education and credentials can matter, and specialized skills may help; client schedules can also bring evening or weekend work.

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).

What's a typical day like?

They ask clients how a room should work, then use sketches or CAD to plan its layout, colors, and furniture. They visit sites, check construction, and coordinate with builders and architects.

In the US, most interior designers earn a bachelor’s degree and study design, drawing, and CAD. State rules differ; where required, designers gain work experience and pass an approved exam to use a protected title or do certain work.

Usually a bachelor's degree (preparation level 4 of 5)

Good for people who like creating and building and doing.

Interior designers may plan the inside spaces of boats, planes, buses, and trains—not just homes and offices.