What Is the Yearly Salary of an Interior Designer?
Interior designers not only make rooms look attractive---their work fulfills a practical purpose. Interior designers combine their eye for design and the desire to create a functioning environment. Most interior designers begin at low entry-level salaries and receive raises based on valuable experience. Interior designers create solid work and help satisfy the needs of their clients. If you are interested in becoming an interior designer, then it helps to understand the type of income an interior designer earns.
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Entry-Level Salary
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The median expected salary for an entry-level interior designer was $37,578 in October 2010, according to the Salary website.
National Salary
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that the mean, or average, hourly wage for an interior designer was $24.99 and the annual wage was $51,990 in May 2009.
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Top Employment
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The industry that employed the highest number of interior designers was the specialized design services industry, with an annual mean wage of $52,400, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2009. Other industries that employed high numbers of interior designers were: the architectural, engineering and related services industry, $56,060; the furniture stores industry, $48,510; and the building material and supplies dealers industry, $45,930.
Top-Paying Industries
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The industry that offered the highest pay for interior designers was the Federal Executive Branch, with an annual mean wage of $71,480, as revealed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2009. Other industries that offered high pay were: the employment services industry, $68,960; the management, scientific and technical consulting services industry, $66,870; the independent artists, writers and performers industry, $65,890; and the general medical and surgical hospitals industry, $58,470.
Top-Paying States
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In May 2009, the location that offered the highest pay for interior designers was the District of Columbia, with an annual mean wage of $67,550, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The states that offered high pay were: New York, $65,630; Alaska, $64,440; Nevada, $61,420; and Connecticut, $61,150.
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