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Graphic Designers

Role Overview

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. Excludes “Web and Digital Interface Designers” (15-1255).

Recommended Majors

Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design. Computer Graphics. Digital Arts. Design and Visual Communications, General. Commercial and Advertising Art. Industrial and Product Design. Graphic Design.

Related Careers

Actors Actors, Producers, and Directors Art and Design Workers Art Directors Artists and Related Workers Artists and Related Workers, All Other

Salary by State (top paying)

State	Median salary
District of Columbia	$90,710
California	$76,440
Massachusetts	$76,370
Washington	$76,010
New York	$74,530
Virginia	$70,060
New Jersey	$66,600
Colorado	$66,360
Maryland	$66,290
Connecticut	$65,360
Rhode Island	$64,190
Oregon	$63,800
Vermont	$62,180
Texas	$62,030
Illinois	$60,010

Frequently Asked Questions

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BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), BLS Employment Projections.

Median Annual Salary

$61,300

Projected Growth (10yr)

+2.1%

Avg. annual openings

20.0k

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