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Interior Designers
Designs indoor spaces that are safe, useful and beautiful.
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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.