Employment

Interior designers held about 54,900 jobs nationally in 2012, with approximately 25 percent being self-employed. The industries that employed the most interior designers in 2012 were as follows:

• Specialized design services (30 percent)
• Architectural, engineering, and related services (16 percent)
• Furniture stores (6 percent)
• Merchant wholesalers of durable goods (5 percent)
• Construction (4 percent)

Employment of interior designers is expected to grow 13 percent from 2012 through 2022.

Source:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-2015 edition, Interior Designers.