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Interior Designer

Interior Designer

  • Transform spaces into functional and beautiful environments.
  • Enhance lives by designing interiors that blend style and purpose.
  • Collaborate with experts to bring creative visions to life.
💰 Earn $60K-$97K
📚 Bachelor Degree

Overview

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.

Scoop

Minimum Education

Bachelor Degree

Career Prospects

Good (Increasing by 1-5%)

Training Time

2 to 4 years

Job Openings

8,800 Annually

Median Earnings

$76,300 in California
$62,510 Nationally

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Day-to-Day

  • Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
  • Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans.
  • Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
  • Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Being creative or artistic
  • Influencing or leading others

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Instructing
  • Learning Strategies
  • Monitoring
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking

You value 🙏

  • Accomplishing things
  • Having freedom
  • Personal relationships

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