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Interior Designers

Designs indoor spaces that are safe, useful and beautiful.

Typical education to startBachelor's degree
Job outlook2025–2035: +3%
Median pay$67,190 a year (2025)
Interest codeAR Artistic, Realistic

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Interior designers plan layouts, choose materials, lighting and furniture, and draw plans for homes, offices, hospitals, stores and restaurants. They work with clients, architects and contractors, often in design software.

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High school courses that build toward it

  • Studio Art · Arts

    Builds design and technical drawing, which this job uses.

  • Woodworking · Career and Technical

    Builds building and construction, which this job uses.

  • English 10 · English

    Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

  • Geometry · Math

    Builds design and technical drawing, which this job uses.

  • Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

    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.

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