27 Series · SOC 27-1021
Commercial and Industrial Designers
National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)
Median Salary
$79,450
per year
Median Hourly
$38.20/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$88,000
average
Employment
30,250
jobs nationwide
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$49,390
25th Percentile
$62,040
Median
$79,450
75th Percentile
$103,170
90th Percentile
$134,840
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $106,720 | +34% above national |
| 2 | Kansas | $100,010 | +26% above national |
| 3 | Massachusetts | $99,310 | +25% above national |
| 4 | Indiana | $93,860 | +18% above national |
| 5 | Rhode Island | $93,340 | +17% above national |
| 6 | California | $93,300 | +17% above national |
| 7 | Nevada | $87,800 | +11% above national |
| 8 | Michigan | $85,460 | +8% above national |
| 9 | New York | $85,240 | +7% above national |
| 10 | South Carolina | $83,610 | +5% above national |
| 11 | Georgia | $81,940 | +3% above national |
| 12 | New Jersey | $81,330 | +2% above national |
| 13 | Arizona | $80,860 | +2% above national |
| 14 | Arkansas | $80,340 | +1% above national |
| 15 | Montana | $79,360 | same as national |
| 16 | Connecticut | $79,060 | same as national |
| 17 | Louisiana | $79,060 | same as national |
| 18 | Virginia | $78,190 | 2% below national |
| 19 | Minnesota | $78,010 | 2% below national |
| 20 | Missouri | $77,790 | 2% below national |
| 21 | Texas | $77,540 | 2% below national |
| 22 | New Hampshire | $77,240 | 3% below national |
| 23 | Wisconsin | $76,160 | 4% below national |
| 24 | Nebraska | $76,060 | 4% below national |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | $75,960 | 4% below national |
| 26 | Oklahoma | $75,940 | 4% below national |
| 27 | Oregon | $75,340 | 5% below national |
| 28 | Maryland | $75,240 | 5% below national |
| 29 | North Carolina | $74,330 | 6% below national |
| 30 | Alabama | $74,090 | 7% below national |
| 31 | Ohio | $71,370 | 10% below national |
| 32 | Kentucky | $70,470 | 11% below national |
| 33 | Iowa | $69,210 | 13% below national |
| 34 | Idaho | $67,530 | 15% below national |
| 35 | Vermont | $67,040 | 16% below national |
| 36 | Florida | $66,210 | 17% below national |
| 37 | Utah | $66,040 | 17% below national |
| 38 | Illinois | $65,290 | 18% below national |
| 39 | Tennessee | $59,990 | 24% below national |
| 40 | New Mexico | $59,020 | 26% below national |
| 41 | South Dakota | $53,020 | 33% below national |
| 42 | North Dakota | $51,310 | 35% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $132,230 | +66% above national |
| 2 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $116,070 | +46% above national |
| 3 | Baton Rouge, LA | $114,850 | +45% above national |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $114,200 | +44% above national |
| 5 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $107,780 | +36% above national |
| 6 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $104,470 | +31% above national |
| 7 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $101,090 | +27% above national |
| 8 | Fort Wayne, IN | $99,110 | +25% above national |
| 9 | Reno, NV | $95,930 | +21% above national |
| 10 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $95,630 | +20% above national |
| 11 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $95,590 | +20% above national |
| 12 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $94,880 | +19% above national |
| 13 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $94,850 | +19% above national |
| 14 | Worcester, MA | $94,830 | +19% above national |
| 15 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $94,160 | +19% above national |
| 16 | Spartanburg, SC | $90,880 | +14% above national |
| 17 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $87,860 | +11% above national |
| 18 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $86,390 | +9% above national |
| 19 | Richmond, VA | $86,340 | +9% above national |
| 20 | Ann Arbor, MI | $85,460 | +8% above national |
| 21 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $84,940 | +7% above national |
| 22 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $84,630 | +7% above national |
| 23 | Syracuse, NY | $84,590 | +6% above national |
| 24 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $84,430 | +6% above national |
| 25 | South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $83,700 | +5% above national |
| 26 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $83,550 | +5% above national |
| 27 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $83,500 | +5% above national |
| 28 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $83,310 | +5% above national |
| 29 | Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $83,120 | +5% above national |
| 30 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $82,920 | +4% above national |
| 31 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $82,590 | +4% above national |
| 32 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $82,580 | +4% above national |
| 33 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $82,010 | +3% above national |
| 34 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $81,830 | +3% above national |
| 35 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $81,630 | +3% above national |
| 36 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $81,570 | +3% above national |
| 37 | Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $81,130 | +2% above national |
| 38 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $80,250 | +1% above national |
| 39 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $80,190 | +1% above national |
| 40 | Jacksonville, FL | $79,990 | +1% above national |
| 41 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $79,910 | +1% above national |
| 42 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $79,760 | same as national |
| 43 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $79,470 | same as national |
| 44 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $79,190 | same as national |
| 45 | New Haven, CT | $79,020 | 1% below national |
| 46 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $78,940 | 1% below national |
| 47 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $78,890 | 1% below national |
| 48 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $78,610 | 1% below national |
| 49 | Pittsburgh, PA | $78,590 | 1% below national |
| 50 | York-Hanover, PA | $78,340 | 1% below national |
| 51 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $77,960 | 2% below national |
| 52 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $77,960 | 2% below national |
| 53 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $77,900 | 2% below national |
| 54 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $77,860 | 2% below national |
| 55 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $77,730 | 2% below national |
| 56 | Tulsa, OK | $77,490 | 2% below national |
| 57 | Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $77,290 | 3% below national |
| 58 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $77,230 | 3% below national |
| 59 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | $76,980 | 3% below national |
| 60 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $76,760 | 3% below national |
| 61 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $76,750 | 3% below national |
| 62 | Asheville, NC | $76,580 | 4% below national |
| 63 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $76,380 | 4% below national |
| 64 | Columbia, SC | $76,360 | 4% below national |
| 65 | Stockton-Lodi, CA | $76,170 | 4% below national |
| 66 | Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $76,160 | 4% below national |
| 67 | Omaha, NE-IA | $76,060 | 4% below national |
| 68 | West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $75,920 | 4% below national |
| 69 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $75,880 | 4% below national |
| 70 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $75,870 | 5% below national |
| 71 | Reading, PA | $75,810 | 5% below national |
| 72 | Lancaster, PA | $75,500 | 5% below national |
| 73 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $75,430 | 5% below national |
| 74 | Madison, WI | $75,050 | 6% below national |
| 75 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $75,010 | 6% below national |
| 76 | Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $74,960 | 6% below national |
| 77 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $74,550 | 6% below national |
| 78 | Toledo, OH | $74,060 | 7% below national |
| 79 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $73,660 | 7% below national |
| 80 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $73,470 | 8% below national |
| 81 | Dalton, GA | $73,210 | 8% below national |
| 82 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $71,390 | 10% below national |
| 83 | Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $71,070 | 11% below national |
| 84 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $70,700 | 11% below national |
| 85 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $70,320 | 11% below national |
| 86 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | $69,990 | 12% below national |
| 87 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $69,890 | 12% below national |
| 88 | Rochester, NY | $69,890 | 12% below national |
| 89 | Columbus, OH | $69,500 | 13% below national |
| 90 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $69,240 | 13% below national |
| 91 | Akron, OH | $69,190 | 13% below national |
| 92 | Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $69,080 | 13% below national |
| 93 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | $68,530 | 14% below national |
| 94 | Springfield, MO | $68,450 | 14% below national |
| 95 | Boise City, ID | $67,530 | 15% below national |
| 96 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $67,380 | 15% below national |
| 97 | Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $67,110 | 16% below national |
| 98 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $67,050 | 16% below national |
| 99 | Cleveland, OH | $67,030 | 16% below national |
| 100 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $66,910 | 16% below national |
| 101 | Flint, MI | $66,680 | 16% below national |
| 102 | Winston-Salem, NC | $66,230 | 17% below national |
| 103 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $66,040 | 17% below national |
| 104 | Fresno, CA | $65,790 | 17% below national |
| 105 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $65,680 | 17% below national |
| 106 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $65,660 | 17% below national |
| 107 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $65,460 | 18% below national |
| 108 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $64,780 | 18% below national |
| 109 | Oklahoma City, OK | $64,430 | 19% below national |
| 110 | Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $64,050 | 19% below national |
| 111 | Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $64,030 | 19% below national |
| 112 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $63,720 | 20% below national |
| 113 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $63,240 | 20% below national |
| 114 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $62,400 | 21% below national |
| 115 | Dubuque, IA | $61,910 | 22% below national |
| 116 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $61,900 | 22% below national |
| 117 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $61,900 | 22% below national |
| 118 | Ogden, UT | $61,210 | 23% below national |
| 119 | Roanoke, VA | $60,140 | 24% below national |
| 120 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $59,990 | 24% below national |
| 121 | Knoxville, TN | $59,750 | 25% below national |
| 122 | Logan, UT-ID | $59,610 | 25% below national |
| 123 | Albuquerque, NM | $59,030 | 26% below national |
| 124 | East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $58,940 | 26% below national |
| 125 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $58,520 | 26% below national |
| 126 | Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area | $58,520 | 26% below national |
| 127 | Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $58,250 | 27% below national |
| 128 | Monroe, MI | $57,180 | 28% below national |
| 129 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $57,010 | 28% below national |
| 130 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $56,830 | 28% below national |
| 131 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $52,320 | 34% below national |
| 132 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $51,810 | 35% below national |
| 133 | Waco, TX | $49,090 | 38% below national |
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