Interior Designers
Tasks Include:
- Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
- Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.
- Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
- Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.
- Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.
- Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
- Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
- Plan and design interior environments for boats, planes, buses, trains, and other enclosed spaces.
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Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +3.0%
National: +1.0%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$61,590.00
State
$60,360.00
Regional
Interior Designers
Description
Career Cluster: | Architecture & Construction |
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.
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Interior Designers
Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 85.71%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 9.52%
- Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. = 4.76%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 25%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 20%
- None = 15%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 15%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 10%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 5%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 5%
- Over 10 years = 5%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 42.86%
- Up to and including 1 month = 14.29%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 9.52%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 9.52%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.52%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 9.52%
- Over 10 years = 4.76%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 25%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 25%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 15%
- None or short demonstration = 10%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 10%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 5%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 5%
- Over 10 years = 5%
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Interior Designers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.
- Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.
- Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.
- Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.
- Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.
- Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.
- Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.
- Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.
- Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.
- Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.
- Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
- Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans.
- Design spaces to be environmentally friendly, using sustainable, recycled materials when feasible.
- Research and explore the use of new materials, technologies, and products to incorporate into designs.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Plan and design interior environments for boats, planes, buses, trains, and other enclosed spaces.
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Interior Designers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Scales (Architects' scales)
- Graphics or video accelerator cards (Computer aided design CAD multi-unit display graphics cards)
- Desktop computers
- Digital camcorders or video cameras (Digital camcorders)
- Digital cameras
- Tape measures (Digital tape measures)
- Scales (Drafting scales)
- Triangles (Drafting triangles)
- Scales (Electronic scales)
- Tablet computers (Graphics tablets)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Personal computers
- Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers (Personal digital assistants PDA)
- Plotter printers (Plotters)
- Tape measures (Precision tape measures)
- Print servers
- Protractors
- Scanners
- T squares
- Tablet computers
- Scanners (Three-dimensional laser digitizers)
- Triangles
Technologies Include:
- Computer aided design CAD software
- 20-20 Technologies 20-20 Design
- Autodesk Architectural Desktop
- Autodesk AutoCAD software
- Autodesk Revit Architecture
- Autodesk VIZ
- Google SketchUp
- Graphisoft ArchiCAD
- VectorWorks Designer
- Electronic mail software
- Email software
- IBM Lotus Notes
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software
- AutoDesSys form Z
- iPhotoMEASURE software
- McNeel Rhino software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software
- Microsoft Excel
- Video creation and editing software
- Autodesk 3ds Max
- MAXON CINEMA 4D
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
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Interior Designers
Special Requirements
http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/APELS/
Required Fees:
http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/APELS/#Education_and_Exams
For More Information, Contact:
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation – Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects
Phone: (80.4) .8514
Fax: (86.6) .6206
http://
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Interior Designers
Additional Resources
For general information about art and design and a list of accredited college-level programs, contact:
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
11250 Roger Bacon Dr.
Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/
For information on industrial design careers and a list of academic programs in industrial design, write to:
Industrial Designers Society of America
1142 Walker Rd.
Great Falls, VA 22066
http://www.idsa.org
For information about graphic design careers, contact:
American Institute of Graphic Arts
164 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10010
http://www.aiga.org
For information on degree, continuing education, and licensure programs in interior design and interior design research, contact:
American Society for Interior Designers
608 Massachusetts Ave. NE.
Washington, DC 20002-6006
http://www.asid.org
For information on degree, continuing education, and licensure programs, and general information on the interior design profession, contact:
International Interior Design Association
997 Merchandise Mart
Chicago, IL 60654
http://www.iida.org
For a list of schools with accredited programs in interior design, contact:
Foundation for Interior Design Education Research
146 Monroe Center NW.
Suite 1318
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
http://interiordesign.lovetoknow.com/FIDER_-_Foundation_for_Interior_Design_Education
For information about careers in floral design, contact:
Society of American Florists
1601 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
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Interior Designers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.50 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
83.25 | Building and Construction | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
77.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
73.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
69.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
66.75 | Fine Arts | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
65.50 | Sales and Marketing | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
64.25 | Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
62.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
57.25 | Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
56.00 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
52.50 | Administrative | Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. |
52.50 | Engineering and Technology | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
52.50 | Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Interior Designers
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
75.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
75.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
75.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
75.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
68.75 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
68.75 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
65.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
62.50 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
62.50 | Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
62.50 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
59.50 | Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
59.50 | Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
56.25 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
53.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
53.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Interior Designers
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
78.00 | Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
75.00 | Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
75.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
75.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
72.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
68.75 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
68.75 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
68.75 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
65.50 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
65.50 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
59.50 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
59.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
56.25 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
53.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
50.00 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Interior Designers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
96.50 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
91.75 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
90.50 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
88.00 | Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment | Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used. |
84.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
84.50 | Communicating with People Outside the Organization | Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. |
81.00 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
81.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
79.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
78.75 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
77.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
75.00 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
72.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
71.50 | Selling or Influencing Others | Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. |
70.25 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
67.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
67.75 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
66.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
63.00 | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates | Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. |
62.50 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
61.25 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
60.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
60.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
60.75 | Providing Consultation and Advice to Others | Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics. |
58.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
58.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
57.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
57.25 | Coaching and Developing Others | Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. |
56.00 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
53.50 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
51.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
50.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
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Interior Designers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
88.00 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
87.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
85.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
84.50 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
84.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
83.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
81.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
79.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
71.50 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
71.50 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
71.50 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
70.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
67.75 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
65.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
62.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
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Interior Designers
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
77.83 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
77.83 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
66.67 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
58.33 | Working Conditions | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions. |
55.50 | Recognition | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status. |
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Interior Designers
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
98.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
97.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
92.40 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
91.40 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
89.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
88.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
87.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
85.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
85.80 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
83.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
83.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
81.00 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
81.00 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
78.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
75.00 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
74.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
70.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
67.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
65.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
62.00 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
59.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
58.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
56.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
53.40 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
52.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $36,610.00 | $61,590.00 | $79,770.00 |
Virginia | $32,720.00 | $60,360.00 | $75,070.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $50,061.94 | $76,219.10 | $99,067.80 |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $36,767.89 | $58,085.93 | $67,620.85 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | $36,267.36 | $58,069.32 | $73,322.90 |
Hampton Roads | $37,145.88 | $58,482.62 | $73,625.08 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $23,759.41 | $44,290.32 | $60,332.07 |
Northern Virginia | $40,722.25 | $70,684.23 | $94,371.99 |
Piedmont Workforce | $28,460.40 | $59,084.91 | $78,056.09 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | $36,221.67 | $58,015.32 | $71,902.32 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 93,300 | 94,200 | +1.0% |
Virginia | 1,470 | 1,514 | +3.0% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Interior Designers
Related Occupations
Related Occupations
The related occupations here have similar general capabilities and interests; career explorers may also be interested in the related occupations:- Commercial and Industrial Designers
- Landscape Architects
- Set and Exhibit Designers
- Craft Artists
- Fashion Designers
- Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Graphic Designers
- Art Directors
- Mechanical Drafters
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Carpenters
- Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Model Makers, Wood
- Electrical and Electronics Drafters
- Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
- Lighting Technicians
- Sewers, Hand
Careers in Design/Pre-Construction Pathway:
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Cost Estimators
- Geodetic Surveyors
- Interior Designers
- Landscape Architects
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Surveyors
- Transportation Engineers
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Certified Kitchen Designer
- Color and Materials Designer
- Color Expert
- Commercial Interior Designer
- Decorating Consultant
- Decorator
- Designer
- Director of Interiors
- Environmental Designer
- Furniture Arranger
- Home Decorator
- Home Designer
- Home Lighting Adviser
- House Designer
- Interior Decorator
- Interior Design Consultant
- Interior Design Coordinator
- Interior Design Director
- Interior Designer
- Kitchen and Bath Designer
- Kitchen Designer
- Lighting Designer
- Residential Designer
- Room Designer
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Interior Designers
Related Schools
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Liberty University
- Marymount University
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Patrick Henry Community College
- The Art Institute of Virginia Beach
- Tidewater Community College
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Virginia Western Community College
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