Occupations/27-1024.00

Graphic Designers

Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

65%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

49%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

64%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

Mostly human
Key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.
Mostly routine
Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
Task
Review final layouts and suggest improvements, as needed.

Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

01Key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.
02Review final layouts and suggest improvements, as needed.
03Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
04Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Web sites.
05Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
06Use computer software to generate new images.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

Repeating same tasks3.58
Degree of automation1.67
Time sitting4.79
Originality (ability)4.00
Conflict situations2.45
Hands-on objects/tools3.58
Outdoors / weather1.37
Disease exposure1.06
Decision freedom4.10

Top abilities

Originality4.00
Near Vision3.88
Fluency of Ideas3.88
Written Comprehension3.75
Oral Comprehension3.62
Written Expression3.50
Oral Expression3.50
Visual Color Discrimination3.25

Essential skills

Reading Comprehension3.12
Active Listening3.75
Writing3.25
Speaking3.38
Mathematics2.00
Science1.12
Critical Thinking3.25
Active Learning3.25
Learning Strategies2.75
Monitoring3.00

CIP matches

11.0801Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design11.0803Computer Graphics50.0102Digital Arts50.0401Design and Visual Communications, General50.0402Commercial and Advertising Art50.0404Industrial and Product Design50.0409Graphic Design

Schools offering related programs

12 of 71 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

Institution	Program	Tuition	Admit	Grad 6-yr	Earnings
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public	Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design 11.0801	$9,200	47%	84%	1 yr $104,331 2 yr $103,078 Master's · CIP 11.08
University of St Thomas St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit	Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design 11.0801	$50,200	77%	82%	1 yr $98,403 2 yr — Master's · CIP 11.08
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public	Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design 11.0801	$15,200	57%	86%	1 yr $94,408 2 yr — Master's · CIP 11.08
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit	Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design 11.0801	$68,200	12%	92%	1 yr $76,460 2 yr $108,649 Bachelor's · CIP 11.08
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit	Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design 11.0801	$60,400	12%	88%	1 yr $55,512 2 yr $61,144 Master's · CIP 11.08
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	Design and Visual Communications, General 50.0401	$11,200	49%	89%	1 yr $47,260 2 yr $45,919 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public	Design and Visual Communications, General 50.0401	$6,500	25%	84%	1 yr $45,383 2 yr $45,435 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	Design and Visual Communications, General 50.0401	$17,500	45%	85%	1 yr $43,240 2 yr $41,565 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public	Design and Visual Communications, General 50.0401	$15,200	24%	87%	1 yr $43,240 2 yr $40,017 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL · Public	Design and Visual Communications, General 50.0401	$11,900	80%	73%	1 yr $41,565 2 yr $37,748 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI · Public	Design and Visual Communications, General 50.0401	$16,100	88%	82%	1 yr $40,441 2 yr $38,721 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	Design and Visual Communications, General 50.0401	$12,800	53%	83%	1 yr $39,729 2 yr $45,794 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04