Arts, Design & Media
Product Designers
SOC 27-1021
Own the visual and interactive design of a digital product end-to-end.
The job
Median pay
$84k
$66k to $109k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.4% projected
Openings a year
3k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
4/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
64th pct
More exposed than 64% of occupations · modeled estimate · 71st pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
44/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Writing
- Monitoring
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 5,300 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $101k |
| Michigan | 2,930 | 0.7 | 3.1× | $102k |
| New York | 2,400 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $90k |
| Texas | 2,350 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $71k~ |
| Florida | 1,990 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $79k |
| Virginia | 1,480 | 0.4 | 1.7× | $82k |
| Massachusetts | 1,240 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $102k |
| New Jersey | 1,230 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $90k |
| Ohio | 1,190 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $79k |
| Indiana | 1,110 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $88k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1,000 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $81k |
| Wisconsin | 820 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $81k |
| South Carolina | 810 | 0.4 | 1.6× | $77k |
| Pennsylvania | 770 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $83k |
| Tennessee | 750 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $71k |
| Minnesota | 590 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $94k |
| Washington DC | 556 | 0.8 | 3.7× | $136k~ |
| Maryland | 490 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $71k |
| Illinois | 480 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $85k~ |
| Oregon | 480 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $77k |
| Utah | 480 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $63k |
| Iowa | 440 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $70k |
| Kentucky | 420 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $76k |
| Colorado | 400 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $91k |
| Georgia | 360 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $91k |
| Washington | 340 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $94k |
| Missouri | 270 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $75k |
| Kansas | 260 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $105k |
| Oklahoma | 240 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $77k |
| Arkansas | 230 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $93k |
| Nevada | 210 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $77k |
| Maine | 200 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $71k~ |
| Rhode Island | 190 | 0.4 | 1.8× | $101k |
| South Dakota | 190 | 0.4 | 1.9× | $60k |
| Idaho | 180 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $81k |
| Arizona | 170 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $76k |
| Connecticut | 160 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $81k |
| Hawaii | 154 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $77k~ |
| Mississippi | 147 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $58k~ |
| Alabama | 130 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $64k |
| Louisiana | 130 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $98k |
| Vermont | 120 | 0.4 | 1.8× | $81k |
| New Hampshire | 110 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $74k |
| New Mexico | 110 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $63k |
| West Virginia | 110 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $73k |
| Nebraska | 90 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $72k |
| North Dakota | 81 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $66k~ |
| Delaware | 66 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $80k~ |
| Montana | 60 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $73k |
| Alaska | 52 | 0.2 | 0.7× | $72k~ |
| Wyoming | 39 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $67k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,560 jobs · $95k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,080 jobs · $96k median
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI1,760 jobs · $108k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,250 jobs · $104k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,020 jobs · $103k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL700 jobs · $81k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX690 jobs · $87k median
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN500 jobs · $88k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Product Designers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.