Interior Designer salary
What an interior designer actually earns, from 339 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see interior designer pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An interior designer earns a blended US median near 77,200 dollars, with the typical middle running from 64,444 dollars to 95,191 dollars. The official OEWS median is 63,490 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 13 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 67,101 dollars to 78,842 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is architect, at 58 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open interior designer roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
Studio Interior Designer at Evolution GamingMedellín, Antioquia2d agoApply
Küchenplaner/in und Interior Designer/in 60-100% at GriwaInterior AGInterlaken, Bern, Switzerland3d agoApply
Junior Interior Designer at Pembrooke and IvesNew York, NY3d agoApply- Junior Interior Designer at Lyn & Laurent Partners LLCChicago, IL4d agoApply
- Interior Designer at Cotelier Group ConceptsBaja California Sur4d agoApply
Senior Interior Architect / Designer, 10+ Years at ArchinectLos Angeles, CA5d agoApply
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$64,444$77,200$95,191
- United Kingdom$51,164$57,303$68,218
- Canada$50,961$61,614$65,560
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 7'078/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 34 Juristische, soziale, kulturelle und verwandte Fachkräfte: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 84'936 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$79,490
- California$77,360
- Wyoming$75,120
- New York$73,630
- Minnesota$67,070
- Illinois$66,300
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness an interior designer profile already covers.
- 217 open creative director roles$135,457 median · +$58,257 · 14% readiness
- 15 open building envelope consultant roles$117,052 median · +$39,852 · 37% readiness
- 393 open structural engineer roles$105,915 median · +$28,715 · 31% readiness
- 600 open architect roles$99,684 median · +$22,484 · 58% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for an interior designer.
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Related salaries
- Architect salary$99,684 median
- Landscape Architect salary$93,012 median
- Civil Engineer salary$95,550 median
Quick answers
How much does an interior designer make?
The blended US median is about 77,200 dollars, with a typical range from 64,444 dollars to 95,191 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 63,490 dollars.
Is interior designer a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an interior designer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is architect, at 58 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 27-1025. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Interior designers.” Live corpus 339 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.