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

$49,390$62,040$79,450$103,170$134,840
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$23.74$29.83$38.20$49.60$64.83
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$49,390

25th Percentile

$62,040

Median

$79,450

75th Percentile

$103,170

90th Percentile

$134,840

Salary by State

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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

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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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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.