Employment
Interior designers held about 75,400 jobs nationally in 2018, with approximately 19 percent being self-employed. The industries that employed the most interior designers in 2016 were as follows:
- Specialized design services (28 percent)
- Architectural, engineering, and related services (18 percent)
- Furniture stores (6 percent)
- Merchant wholesalers of durable goods (6 percent)
- Self-employed workers (23 percent)
Employment of interior designers is expected to grow 4 percent from 2018 through 2028.
Source:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2019-2020 edition.