Computer & Math

Web & Digital Designers

SOC 15-1255

Design how digital products look and feel, from layout to interaction.

The job

Median pay

$104k

$73k to $159k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+6.0% projected

Openings a year

8.3k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Very high

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

2/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

99th pct

More exposed than 99% of occupations · modeled estimate · 87th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

42/100

At a glance

The AI read on Web & Digital Designers: 99th percentile exposure, very high displacement risk, 2/100 working with AI, leaning toward displacement. Typical entry-level education is a bachelor's degree. The $104,000 median for Web & Digital Designers runs 55% above the typical occupation we cover, but in line with the median across Computer & Math. The 2025 to 2035 outlook is +6.0%, ahead of the typical occupation we cover. BLS projects about 8,300 openings a year. Where the projection for Computer Programmers is -7.3%, the figure here is +6.0%.

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Key skills

Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Active Learning
Writing
Speaking

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. 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	27,090	1.5	2.0×	$136k
New York	16,560	1.7	2.4×	$121k
Washington	11,580	3.3	4.5×	$130k
Texas	5,910	0.4	0.6×	$103k
Florida	4,620	0.5	0.6×	$78k
Tennessee	3,610	1.1	1.5×	$64k
North Carolina	3,400	0.7	0.9×	$98k
Colorado	3,250	1.1	1.6×	$96k
Pennsylvania	2,820	0.5	0.6×	$104k
Georgia	2,800	0.6	0.8×	$104k

All 50 states and DC

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Massachusetts	2,740	0.8	1.0×	$114k
Ohio	2,520	0.5	0.6×	$83k
New Jersey	2,170	0.5	0.7×	$95k
Illinois	2,050	0.3	0.5×	$86k
Virginia	1,990	0.5	0.7×	$77k
Michigan	1,750	0.4	0.6×	$81k
Minnesota	1,520	0.5	0.7×	$83k
Maryland	1,310	0.5	0.7×	$97k
Oregon	1,230	0.6	0.9×	$102k
Missouri	1,210	0.4	0.6×	$71k
Nevada	1,180	0.8	1.0×	$80k
Indiana	1,160	0.4	0.5×	$63k
Connecticut	1,060	0.6	0.9×	$95k
Utah	1,060	0.6	0.8×	$100k
Wisconsin	880	0.3	0.4×	$95k
Arizona	810	0.3	0.3×	$98k
South Carolina	800	0.3	0.5×	$81k
Nebraska	720	0.7	1.0×	$66k
Iowa	670	0.4	0.6×	$69k
Arkansas	602 (estimated)	0.5 (estimated)	0.6× (estimated)	$80k (estimated)
Kentucky	590	0.3	0.4×	$77k
Washington DC	480	0.7	0.9×	$108k
New Hampshire	430	0.6	0.9×	$111k
Maine	380	0.6	0.8×	$87k (estimated)
Idaho	340	0.4	0.5×	$64k
Oklahoma	340	0.2	0.3×	$76k
Rhode Island	240	0.5	0.7×	$106k
Mississippi	230	0.2	0.3×	$49k
South Dakota	208 (estimated)	0.5 (estimated)	0.6× (estimated)	$77k (estimated)
Kansas	200	0.1	0.2×	$71k
New Mexico	200	0.2	0.3×	$53k
West Virginia	200	0.3	0.4×	$72k
Louisiana	170	0.1	0.1×	$69k
Vermont	166 (estimated)	0.5 (estimated)	0.8× (estimated)	$91k (estimated)
Alabama	130	0.1	0.1×	$52k
Delaware	130	0.3	0.4×	$94k
Wyoming	110	0.4	0.5×	$67k
Montana	100	0.2	0.3×	$77k
Hawaii	50	0.1	0.1×	$94k (estimated)
North Dakota	40	0.1	0.1×	$64k
Alaska	30	0.1	0.1×	$71k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ14,990 jobs · $119k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA10,330 jobs · $134k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA9,220 jobs · $107k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA6,630 jobs · $164k median
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA4,400 jobs · $201k median
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN2,500 jobs · $64k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,380 jobs · $104k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH2,330 jobs · $122k median

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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.