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title: "Web Designer"
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# Web Designer

**Category:** Computer and Mathematical · **SOC code:** 15-1255 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 15-1255.00

Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.

Also advertised as: UI Developer (User Interface Developer); UX Developer (User Experience Developer); UX Engineer (User Experience Engineer); Web Administration Coordinator (Web Admin Coordinator); Web Architect; Web Content Developer; Web Content Specialist; Web Design Specialist.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $104,000 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $50.00/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $53,750 to $201,550, with the middle half between $73,290 and $158,820
- **Total US employment:** 113,330
- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's
- **Preparation required:** Medium preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +6.0% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 8,300 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 8/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 113,330 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $53,750 |
| 25th | $73,290 |
| 50th (median) | $104,000 |
| 75th | $158,820 |
| 90th | $201,550 |
| Mean (average) | $117,490 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CA | $136,110 | $122,932 | 27,090 |
| WA | $130,480 | $121,929 | 11,580 |
| NY | $120,990 | $112,110 | 16,560 |
| MA | $113,540 | $107,359 | 2,740 |
| NH | $111,150 | $106,706 | 430 |
| DC | $107,650 | $97,952 | 480 |
| RI | $105,990 | $103,627 | 240 |
| PA | $104,160 | $106,752 | 2,820 |
| GA | $103,810 | $107,806 | 2,800 |
| TX | $102,650 | $105,763 | 5,910 |
| OR | $102,220 | $98,896 | 1,230 |
| UT | $99,990 | $101,139 | 1,060 |
| AZ | $98,070 | $97,411 | 810 |
| NC | $97,990 | $103,884 | 3,400 |
| MD | $96,760 | $92,188 | 1,310 |

33 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 48 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-designer/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/web-designer.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 132,700 in the 2025–2035 base year to 140,800 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 8,000 jobs, or +6.0%. Faster than average: 6.0% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 8,300 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Medium preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

## What the work involves

- Identify problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback, and correct problems or refer problems to appropriate personnel for correction.
- Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
- Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.
- Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
- Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.
- Research and apply innovative solutions for product design, visuals, and user experience to meet the needs of individual Web development projects.
- Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
- Perform or direct Web site updates.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Programming — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Analysis — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Evaluation — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Computers and Electronics — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Sales and Marketing — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Design — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Written Comprehension — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Conventional (C).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| I — Investigative | 4.88 |
| A — Artistic | 4.48 |
| C — Conventional | 4.40 |
| E — Enterprising | 3.13 |
| R — Realistic | 2.59 |
| S — Social | 2.20 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| INTJ | 82.2 |
| INTP | 75.8 |
| INFJ | 66.8 |
| INFP | 62.1 |
| ISTP | 61.6 |

Best-fitting types: INTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Web Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-developer) — median $92,650
- [Web Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-administrator) — median $116,580
- [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer) — median $135,980
- [Computer Programmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-programmer) — median $100,390
- [Computer Systems Engineers/Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-systems-engineers-architect) — median $116,580
- [Database Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-administrator) — median $104,620
- [Database Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-architect) — median $139,500
- [Graphic Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/graphic-designer) — median $62,960
- [Computer Systems Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-systems-analyst) — median $105,850
- [Video Game Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/video-game-designer) — median $104,000

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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