Occupations/27-1025.00

Interior Designers

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.

Bachelor’s

Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.

AI automation risk

45%

Mixed exposure

Human characteristics

61%

Balanced human and task mix

Task orientation

42%

Mixed exposure

A day in this job

Mostly human
Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
Mostly human
Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.
Task
Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).

The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.

Core tasks

01Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
02Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
03Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.
04Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.
05Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
06Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

Repeating same tasks2.88
Degree of automation2.04
Time sitting4.08
Originality (ability)4.12
Conflict situations2.92
Hands-on objects/tools2.40
Outdoors / weather1.79
Disease exposure1.17
Decision freedom3.88

Top abilities

Originality4.12
Fluency of Ideas4.12
Visualization4.00
Oral Expression4.00
Oral Comprehension4.00
Near Vision4.00
Written Comprehension3.88
Visual Color Discrimination3.75

Essential skills

Reading Comprehension4.00
Active Listening4.00
Writing3.62
Speaking4.00
Mathematics3.00
Science1.12
Critical Thinking4.00
Active Learning3.12
Learning Strategies2.62
Monitoring3.12

CIP matches

04.0402Healthcare Environment Design/Architecture04.0501Interior Architecture19.0604Facilities Planning and Management19.0699Housing and Human Environments, Other19.0904Textile Science30.3701Design for Human Health50.0408Interior Design

Schools offering related programs

12 of 58 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
San Jose State University San Jose, CA · Public	Interior Design 50.0408	$8,200	77%	71%	1 yr $53,108 2 yr $52,524 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit	Interior Design 50.0408	$65,200	14%	89%	1 yr $50,439 2 yr $42,682 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA · Public	Interior Architecture 04.0501	$7,100	40%	74%	1 yr $48,823 2 yr — Master's · CIP 04.05
University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public	Interior Design 50.0408	$6,400	23%	89%	1 yr $48,041 2 yr $50,060 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX · Public	Interior Architecture 04.0501	$14,600	65%	73%	1 yr $47,846 2 yr $44,091 Bachelor's · CIP 04.05
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit	Interior Design 50.0408	$33,200	53%	65%	1 yr $46,456 2 yr $46,321 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND · Public	Healthcare Environment Design/Architecture 04.0402	$10,800	83%	66%	1 yr $46,087 2 yr — Bachelor's · CIP 04.04
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public	Interior Design 50.0408	$19,600	55%	86%	1 yr $44,928 2 yr $42,682 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	Interior Design 50.0408	$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	Interior Design 50.0408	$15,200	24%	87%	1 yr $43,240 2 yr $40,017 Bachelor's · CIP 50.04
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR · Public	Textile Science 19.0904	$13,200	83%	68%	1 yr $41,193 2 yr $36,848 Bachelor's · CIP 19.09
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public	Healthcare Environment Design/Architecture 04.0402	$13,600	81%	72%	1 yr $41,193 2 yr $39,663 Bachelor's · CIP 04.04