Interior Design Salary in Minneapolis
Fast job growth is likely in the occupation of interior design from 2008 to 2018, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Businesses, health-care facilities and homeowners all increasingly use interior design services. Designers should expect competition, however, as many qualified people are interested in this career. About 75 percent of all Minneapolis interior designers earn at least $36,000 per year as of 2010.
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Minnesota Salary Data
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Of the approximately 40,000 interior designers working in the United States in 2010, about 1,090 were employed in Minnesota, as detailed by the BLS. By state or district, Minnesota had the third-highest concentration of interior designers, with the District of Columbia ranking first and Colorado second. The average interior design salary in Minnesota was $23.85 per hour, or $49,610 per year.
Minneapolis Average Salary
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The greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area ranked in seventh place for the largest number of interior designers by metropolitan area in the nation, with about 980 interior design specialists working there in 2010. Their average salary in the Minneapolis area was $24.28 per hour, or $50,500 per year. That was about 2 percent higher than the statewide average for this occupation. It was about 3 percent lower than the nationwide average salary for interior designers of $25.05 per hour, or $52,100 per year.
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Salary Range
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The middle 50 percent of interior designers in Minneapolis had salaries of $18.13 to $30.59 per hour, or $37,720 to $63,620 per year. The bottom 10 percent of the salary scale was at about $14.36 per hour, or $29,860 per year. The top 10 percent of Minneapolis interior designers were making an average of $37.82 per hour, or $78,650 per year and more.
Comparisons
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Nationwide, the top-paying metropolitan area for interior designers was the Albany-Schenectady-Troy region of New York, where they earned $38.37 per hour on average, or $79,810 per year. Interior design salaries were lowest in the Athens-Clarke County of Georgia, at $11.93 per hour on average, or $24,810 per year. Minneapolis ranked near the middle of this range. Metro areas with average interior design salaries most comparable to that in Minneapolis were the greater Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area at $50,400 per year; the greater Orlando, Florida, area at $50,430; Richmond, Virginia, at $50,560; and the greater Baltimore area at $50,700 per year.
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