Designers, All Other
The published band from $43,030 to $129,110 is the distinctive signal for this role, not a twin of Art Directors.
Same-major-group titles next to Designers, All Other: Art Directors ($115K) , Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners ($72K) , Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film ($75K) , Producers and Directors ($90K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.
Highest-pay states for Designers, All Other
State names lead when O*NET tasks are absent for this SOC, geography mass differs by occupation even when peer titles overlap.
- 1. New York $86,030
- 2. Indiana $66,580
- 3. South Carolina $83,980
- 4. Hawaii $85,700
- 5. Pennsylvania $72,760
- 6. Tennessee $72,450
- 7. New Hampshire $94,660
- 8. Colorado $65,630
- 9. Illinois $77,460
- 10. Nevada $75,490
Other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations careers next to Designers, All Other
Same BLS major group, ordered by national median.
- 1. Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film $74,990
- 2. Producers and Directors $90,360
- 3. Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners $72,420
- 4. Editors $77,920
- 5. Special Effects Artists and Animators $102,030
- 6. Film and Video Editors $75,420
- 7. Art Directors $114,850
- 8. Fashion Designers $80,960
- 9. Sound Engineering Technicians $73,130
- 10. Media and Communication Workers, All Other $73,620
- 11. Music Directors and Composers $73,710
- 12. Public Relations Specialists $74,750
Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments
Peer ladder above lists 12 other Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations titles , led here by Art Directors.
The OEWS band for Designers, All Other runs from $43,030 (10th) to $129,110 (90th), about 3.0× wide, with median $64,950. That spread, not the midpoint alone, is the distinctive published fact.
Employment Projections expect +2% change between 2024 and 2034 (about as fast as average vs baseline 3.1%). About 2,200 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns Bachelor's degree as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.
Highest published state median in this ranking: New York at $86,030. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Art Directors at $114,850. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.
Designers, All Other pay-rank #22 in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Designers, All Other sits at pay-rank #22 of 36 detailed Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations, the middle third of the major-group median table. ROW_NUMBER on median; title breaks ties.
Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.
Designers, All Other next: salary map, states, and peers
SOC 27-1029 · national median $64,950 · middle third of Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations (#22/36). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.
Designers, All Other salary map
State, metro, and percentile for SOC 27-1029
New York · top state for Designers, All Other
$86K published median
Indiana · #2 state pay
$67K · behind New York
Art Directors
Highest-pay peer vs Designers, All Other · $115K
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Lower-pay peer beside Designers, All Other · $72K
Compare Designers, All Other
Head-to-head OEWS medians with another SOC
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025
Federal sources on this Designers, All Other card
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 27-1029. bls.gov/oes
- O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Designers, All Other. onetcenter.org
- BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
- U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
- IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics