Employment
Interior designers held about 66,500 jobs nationally in 2016, with approximately 19 percent being self-employed. The industries that employed the most interior designers in 2016 were as follows:
- Specialized design services (31 percent)
- Architectural, engineering, and related services (16 percent)
- Furniture stores (7 percent)
- Merchant wholesalers of durable goods (5 percent)
- Self-employed workers (19 percent)
Employment of interior designers is expected to grow 4 percent from 2016 through 2026
Source:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2018-2019 edition.