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Web and Digital Interface Designers

Designs how apps and websites work for the people using them.

Typical education to startBachelor's degree
Job outlook2025–2035: +6%
Median pay$104,000 a year (2025)
Interest codeIAC Investigative, Artistic, Conventional

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UX designers research what users need, sketch and prototype screens, test designs with real people and work with developers to build them. They work at tech companies, agencies, banks, hospitals and anywhere with apps or websites.

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High school courses that build toward it

  • English 10 · English

    Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

  • Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

    Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

  • Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical

    Builds business management, which this job uses.

  • Statistics · Math

    Builds math, which this job uses.

  • Photography · Arts

    Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

  • Physical Education · Health and PE

    Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.

Web and Digital Interface Designers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.