Interior Designer salary
What a interior designer actually earns, from 374 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 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see interior designer pay in the 2 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 74,976 dollars, with the typical middle running from 64,888 dollars to 89,964 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 66,635 dollars to 74,976 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 0% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is architect, at 57 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.
- Interior DesignerBonneville Power Administration · Portland, Oregon$96k–$125kJul 13
- Lead Interior DesignerBonneville Power Administration · Portland, Oregon$115k–$149kJul 13
- Interior DesignerVeterans Health Administration · Boise, Idaho$62k–$97kJun 23
- Interior DesignerDlrgroup · West Palm Beach, Florida, United StatesMay 19
- Interior Designer IICannondesign · Chicago, IL$58k–$72kMay 9
- Interior Designer, IntermediateDlrgroup · Dallas, Texas, United States; Fort Worth, Texas, United StatMar 19
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$64,888 – $89,964 · median $74,976
- United Kingdom$47,052 – $67,217 · median $54,578
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $79,490
- Californiamedian $77,360
- Wyomingmedian $75,120
- New Yorkmedian $73,630
- Nevadamedian $68,620
- Minnesotamedian $67,070
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Quick answers
How much does an interior designer make?
The blended US median is about 74,976 dollars, with a typical range from 64,888 dollars to 89,964 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 0% 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 57 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 374 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.