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SOC 27-1024
27-1024.00 designs graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs, possibly using multiple media to create artistic or decorative effects. The 19 tasks include 17 core and 2 supplementary: negotiating layouts, researching illustrations, developing draft concepts, selecting fonts, producing graphics, proofreading final layouts, preparing print files, and so on; importance is not adoption rate or legal authority, and brand compliance and release checking are editorial process advice. 2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay. The current projection for 2025—2035 is a decline of 1.7%, including self-employment; see the body text for the specific scope.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+75+75)/3+0.5)=67; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Taking on judgment | real fit comes from whether you can do three things at once on the same design task: do the work solidly (complete concept and layout and typography and color and image and specification design based on the brief and brand standards, use software and materials and output and color management according to standards, and produce deliverable source files and exported files and documentation), keep authorization and service and compliance boundaries under control (check and document against material and font and trademark and copyright and accessibility and privacy requirements, confirm audience and channel and use and approval chain according to procedure, and distinguish public information from controlled or trade-secret or client or unpublished trademark material and handle it according to the system), and take on definable position responsibility (be responsible for the concepts and layouts and files and records you complete, and refer matters beyond your authority or involving brand and legal and accessibility compliance conclusions to the appropriate position or institution according to the system). It is advised to test this with one verifiable experience (completing a layout and delivery plan plus a specification and authorization and accessibility check note for a fictional brief, or a retrospective on handling a material authorization or specification mismatch or accessibility failure) rather than relying only on the conclusion of an interest questionnaire.
O*NET57 work context: sitting 79% continually, strict time limits 70% daily, competition 42% extremely high and 53% very high; email 90% daily, team 67% extremely important, precision 56% extremely important. Weekly hours 55% over 40 and 45% exactly 40, fixed 65% / not fixed 35%; automation 11% moderate, 28% mild, 56% none at all, not generative AI exposure. Category response is not an incident rate or the same condition for everyone. BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. O*NET still shows the prior 2024—2034 values of 265,900 / growth 1%—2% / 20,000, which are not used as current values.
27-1024.00 designs graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs, possibly using multiple media to create artistic or decorative effects. The 19 tasks include 17 core and 2 supplementary: negotiating layouts, researching illustrations, developing draft concepts, selecting fonts, producing graphics, proofreading final layouts, preparing print files, and so on; importance is not adoption rate or legal authority, and brand compliance and release checking are editorial process advice. O*NET57 work context: sitting 79% continually, strict time limits 70% daily, competition 42% extremely high and 53% very high; email 90% daily, team 67% extremely important, precision 56% extremely important. Weekly hours 55% over 40 and 45% exactly 40, fixed 65% / not fixed 35%; automation 11% moderate, 28% mild, 56% none at all, not generative AI exposure. Category response is not an incident rate or the same condition for everyone. BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period.
Career direction comparison
Preface | the following comparison unfolds in four columns: occupational direction — core work and output — key differences — which choice suits better. Graphic design and brand and interface and product and space design are often linked within the same project or team, but being linked does not mean they are interchangeable; when choosing across directions you should relearn that direction's norms and tools and methods and authorization and responsibility boundaries.
| Occupational direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Which choice suits better |
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| This occupation: Graphic Designers (O*NET/SOC 27-1024.00, Graphic Designers) | Core work and output: discuss and determine the layout design with the client, research the target audience and use, develop concepts and drafts based on layout principles and aesthetics, determine the size and arrangement of illustration material and copy and select font style and type size, use computer software to generate and produce graphics and images, prepare digital files for printing and mark up and assemble final layouts, and review and revise and maintain work archives; output is layouts and graphics and source files and exported files and delivery notes (O*NET/SOC 27-1024.00). |
AI's impact on the occupation
Insufficient evidence: no quantified generative AI exposure level, actual adoption / substitution rate, or income causality for this precise occupation has been obtained; no precise cross-mapping between this SOC and the ILO2025 study's ISCO has been established, and it is not asserted that the study does not cover it. The current BLS OOH projection states that AI and other automatic design tools will raise productivity and reduce labor demand, while digital display still requires layout and brand design; this is a U.S. occupational projection explanation, not a measured efficiency gain or an individual substitution outcome. AI Impact Score 67% is an editorial estimate. Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((50+75+75)/3+0.5)=67; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.The three tasks, ratings and sources are listed in the FermatMind method source record on this page.
FermatMind AI Impact Score estimation method v1
FermatMind / 费马测试 · 2026-10-18
Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Mainland China salary reference
27-1024.00 designs graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs, possibly using multiple media to create artistic or decorative effects. The 19 tasks include 17 core and 2 supplementary: negotiating layouts, researching illustrations, developing draft concepts, selecting fonts, producing graphics, proofreading final layouts, preparing print files, and so on; importance is not adoption rate or legal authority, and brand compliance and release checking are editorial process advice. Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
Occupation definition | the graphic designers on this page are the precise occupation O*NET 27-1024.00 (Graphic Designers): designing and creating graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs such as packaging or displays or signage, possibly using multiple media to achieve artistic or decorative effects. Common job titles include Graphic Designer and Brand Designer and Graphic Artist and Production Artist and Publications Designer and Technical Illustrator. Output is layouts and graphics and source files and exported files and delivery notes; the above is the U.S. scope, and the copyright and trademark and advertising and accessibility and personal information management regimes and statistical scope of mainland China are explained separately on this page; this page does not constitute any copyright or legal or advertising compliance opinion.
U.S. salary reference
2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay. BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period.
| Wage statistical position | Annual wage reference | Conversion boundary | How to understand this position |
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| Median | Median annual wage 62,960 U.S. dollars / median hourly wage 30.27 U.S. dollars (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope) |
Occupational fit guide
Paper-based materials can observe this round's performance on the brief, specifications, design explanation, and documented revision; they cannot prove on-site delivery or release qualification, and the relative predictive validity has not been obtained, so no claim is made that it is the most reliable.
You may be better suited to： Fit signals: willing to take responsibility for visual quality and specifications and compliance within the brief and brand and authorization scope, able to switch between creative exploration and detail proofreading while staying organized, and able to hold to norms and re-checking under multiple revisions and deadline pressure and to escalate according to the system when something is abnormal or beyond authority.
These situations require caution： Caution signals: finding it hard over the long term to face screen work and multiple revisions and subjective client evaluation and competitive pressure, or hard to accept having your work rejected and frequent iteration, or unwilling to escalate and hand over according to the system when beyond authority.
Do an entry exercise： Verification advice: first use one simulated or real design task to test brief comprehension and layout design and prepress and specification and authorization checking, and understand the target institution's and jurisdiction's requirements on brand and legal and accessibility and confidentiality, then decide whether to invest over the long term.
Work pressure, risks, and occupational boundaries
Editorial risk scenarios: basis of material use, prepress specifications, legibility, approval and client information, revision scope, and supplier delivery; these are failure possibilities and check suggestions, not estimated occurrence rates. China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
27-1024.00 designs graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs, possibly using multiple media to create artistic or decorative effects. The 19 tasks include 17 core and 2 supplementary: negotiating layouts, researching illustrations, developing draft concepts, selecting fonts, producing graphics, proofreading final layouts, preparing print files, and so on; importance is not adoption rate or legal authority, and brand compliance and release checking are editorial process advice. O*NET57 work context: sitting 79% continually, strict time limits 70% daily, competition 42% extremely high and 53% very high; email 90% daily, team 67% extremely important, precision 56% extremely important. Weekly hours 55% over 40 and 45% exactly 40, fixed 65% / not fixed 35%; automation 11% moderate, 28% mild, 56% none at all, not generative AI exposure. Category response is not an incident rate or the same condition for everyone. China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
Entering the field, qualifications, and career development
The U.S. O*NET new hire education requirements questionnaire is 65% bachelor's, 15% high school equivalent, and 10% master's, which is not the distribution of credentials held by workers. Job Zone4/SVP7 to under 8 is a general preparation description, not a uniform four-year term; the BLS2025 precise line is typically entry with a bachelor's degree, no relevant experience, and no on-the-job training, which does not exclude specific internships or employer training. Chinese requirements must be checked against the target position. Editorial preparation path: first do the H1 dual-channel paper exercise, then check real position training and works and licensing / approval arrangements, and add project experience by direction, with no guarantee of hiring or promotion.
Occupational outlook and transition to related occupations
2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay. BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period. Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
27-1024.00 designs graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs, possibly using multiple media to create artistic or decorative effects. The 19 tasks include 17 core and 2 supplementary: negotiating layouts, researching illustrations, developing draft concepts, selecting fonts, producing graphics, proofreading final layouts, preparing print files, and so on; importance is not adoption rate or legal authority, and brand compliance and release checking are editorial process advice.
Choose a real task from this page for a small practice project or a conversation with someone in the field. Use the planning guides to set a date, an output and feedback questions before deciding whether to continue.
O*NET57 work context: sitting 79% continually, strict time limits 70% daily, competition 42% extremely high and 53% very high; email 90% daily, team 67% extremely important, precision 56% extremely important. Weekly hours 55% over 40 and 45% exactly 40, fixed 65% / not fixed 35%; automation 11% moderate, 28% mild, 56% none at all, not generative AI exposure. Category response is not an incident rate or the same condition for everyone.
27-1024.00 designs graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs, possibly using multiple media to create artistic or decorative effects. The 19 tasks include 17 core and 2 supplementary: negotiating layouts, researching illustrations, developing draft concepts, selecting fonts, producing graphics, proofreading final layouts, preparing print files, and so on; importance is not adoption rate or legal authority, and brand compliance and release checking are editorial process advice.
Editorial exercise H1 | below are six complete fictional inputs R1/I1—I5, to be completed on paper in 90 minutes: a dual-channel layout, grid / resolution / contrast recomputation, material use determination, documented V2, and a 200-character handover, without relying on software or a mentor or a real brand.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists. 27-1024.00 designs graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs, possibly using multiple media to create artistic or decorative effects. The 19 tasks include 17 core and 2 supplementary: negotiating layouts, researching illustrations, developing draft concepts, selecting fonts, producing graphics, proofreading final layouts, preparing print files, and so on; importance is not adoption rate or legal authority, and brand compliance and release checking are editorial process advice.
Work and record description | start from the design brief and brand standards, and check the audience and channel and use and delivery specifications and authorization conditions before starting design; versions and revision records of concepts and layouts and fonts and color and images must be kept; materials and fonts and icons must be registered with source and scope of authorization and term; print and screen files must be output according to color mode and bleed and safe margins and resolution and format specifications; delivery must include source files and exported files and documentation and an authorization check list; materials that are controlled or involve trade secrets or involve clients and unpublished trademarks and personal information are managed according to institutional and legal requirements; matters involving brand strategy and legal and copyright and accessibility compliance conclusions must be confirmed by positions or institutions with the corresponding qualifications, and important deliveries and records must be reviewable by superiors and clients and legal.
China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
Boundary conclusion | this page corresponds to O*NET 27-1024.00 (Graphic Designers), and the core difference from adjacent positions lies in the object and output and authorization level: this occupation takes the brief and layout and graphics and images and delivery specifications as its object, with output being layouts and graphics and source files and exported files and delivery notes, working to the brief and brand standards; Art Directors (27-1011.00) take creative direction and team and brand and client and budget decisions as their object; Web and Digital Interface Designers (15-1255.00) take interfaces and interaction and design systems and usability as their object; Commercial and Industrial Designers (27-1021.00) take industrial design and manufacturing feasibility of products and packaging as their object; Interior Designers (27-1025.00) take space and materials and codes and safety as their object; Video Game Designers (15-1255.01) take game mechanics and levels and experience as their object; Fine Artists (27-1013.00) take independent artistic creation as their object; Special Effects Artists and Animators (27-1014.00) take special effects and animation production as their object; and Set and Exhibit Designers (27-1027.00) take stage and exhibit space as their object. Because the object and output and authorization level differ, authority for brand strategy decisions, legal and copyright opinions, accessibility compliance certification, or trademark registration conclusions cannot be carried over across positions.
discuss and determine layout design with the client, research the target audience and channel and use, and research illustrations and photographs to plan the presentation of materials and products and services.
create designs and concepts and draft layouts based on layout principles and aesthetics, determine the size and arrangement of illustration material and copy, and select font style and type size.
use computer software to generate new images, produce charts and graphics and illustrations and other art work with computers, and develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations and company logos and websites.
enter information into computers to produce layouts, prepare digital files for printing, mark up and paste up and assemble final layouts, and write instructions for downstream stages.
review final layouts and suggest improvements, revise according to client or supervisor feedback, and maintain archives and version records of images and photographs and past work.
research new software or design concepts, produce static and animated graphics for television news as needed, and write or edit copy for clients.
Pre-onboarding check note | the following six items are for checking item by item before applying and onboarding, to avoid inferring actual duties and authorization from the job title or portfolio style; the check results should be based on written recruitment information and the labor contract and position description and brand and design standards documents, and should be continuously confirmed after onboarding. This page only lists check directions and does not constitute a formal conditions list for any institution or position. Special note: this occupation often involves material and font and trademark authorization and client confidentiality and multiple rounds of revision and deadline pressure, so be sure to confirm the position's specific requirements on the portfolio and probation output and intellectual property and confidentiality and overtime and settlement.
Check point note | positions with similar names differ greatly in duties and authorization: some focus on brand and visual identity and packaging, some on publications and typesetting, some on digital and interface and motion, some on e-commerce and marketing materials, and some on prepress and production and finishing; different institutions and jurisdictions also differ in the authorization for material licensing, interpretation of brand standards, external release, and trademark use.
| Key difference: this occupation takes the brief and layout and graphics and images as its object, completes concept and layout and typography and color and image design and prepress and format and color preparation, and is responsible for specification and authorization and delivery; other positions center on creative direction decisions, interfaces and interaction and usability, products and manufacturing feasibility, space and materials and codes, and game mechanics and experience respectively, and usually have more specialized methods and norms and tools and authorization requirements, and do not bear primary responsibility for print layout and prepress specifications and material authorization (but must collaborate with the design position and clearly define boundaries). |
| Better suited to people who are willing to start from the brief and audience and repeatedly refine layout and typography and color, who can stay organized and precise under multiple revisions and deadline pressure, and who deliver files according to authorization and specification requirements. |
| Art Directors (27-1011.00) | Core work and output: determine the creative direction and visual tone and guide the team in execution, present to the client, and manage budget and schedule and brand consistency; output is creative direction and proposals and decisions and team guidance results. | Key difference: Art Directors take creative direction and team and client and budget and proposal decisions as their object, with output being creative direction and proposals and decisions; this occupation takes layout and graphics and images and delivery as its object, with output being designs and files and notes, and usually does not bear responsibility for team and budget and client relationship decisions (but must execute under the creative direction and give feedback). | Better suited to people who are willing to take on creative direction decisions and team and client and budget management; this occupation leans more toward the concrete design and delivery of layout and graphics and images. |
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| Web and Digital Interface Designers (15-1255.00) | Core work and output: conduct user research and information architecture and interaction design and produce prototypes and interface specifications and design systems, support development implementation and carry out usability validation; output is prototypes and interface specifications and design systems. | Key difference: Web and Digital Interface Designers take interfaces and interaction and design systems and usability and implementation collaboration as their object, with output being prototypes and interface specifications and design systems; this occupation takes print layout and printing and graphics and images as its object, with output being layouts and delivery files, and usually does not bear responsibility for interaction logic and front-end implementation and usability testing conclusions (but must collaborate with interface and front-end teams). | Better suited to people who are willing to work with users and interaction and interfaces and design systems; this occupation leans more toward print layout and typography and images and prepress and delivery. |
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| Commercial and Industrial Designers (27-1021.00) | Core work and output: conduct product requirements and user research and design structure and appearance and packaging, evaluate materials and processes and produce prototypes and engineering drawings; output is product concepts and engineering drawings and prototypes. | Key difference: Commercial and Industrial Designers take the structure and materials and manufacturing feasibility and ergonomics of products and packaging as their object, with output being product concepts and engineering drawings and prototypes; this occupation takes visual communication and layout and images as its object, with output being layouts and design files, and usually does not bear responsibility for product structure and molds and manufacturing processes (but participates in packaging visuals and printing processes). | Better suited to people who are willing to work with product structure and materials and manufacturing processes; this occupation leans more toward visual communication and layout and images and print delivery. |
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| Interior Designers (27-1025.00) | Core work and output: measure the space and design schemes by function and code, select materials and furniture and lighting and draw construction drawings and renderings, and coordinate with the site and acceptance; output is space schemes and materials and construction drawings. | Key difference: Interior Designers take space function and materials and fire safety and accessibility and construction codes and on-site coordination as their object, with output being space schemes and materials and construction drawings; this occupation takes print layout and graphics and images as its object, with output being layouts and design files, and usually does not bear responsibility for space safety and building codes and construction (but provides signage and graphic support for space projects). | Better suited to people who are willing to work with space function and materials and codes and on-site coordination; this occupation leans more toward print visuals and layout and print delivery. |
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| Video Game Designers (15-1255.01) | Core work and output: design core mechanics and levels and balancing and progression and produce prototypes and balance and test, and support program and art implementation; output is mechanics and levels and balancing design documents and prototypes. | Key difference: Video Game Designers take game mechanics and levels and balancing and experience iteration and engine implementation as their object, with output being mechanics and levels and balancing design documents; this occupation takes print layout and brand and graphics as its object, with output being layouts and design files, and usually does not bear responsibility for gameplay and balancing and engine implementation (but provides visual support for game interfaces and promotional materials). | Better suited to people who are willing to work with gameplay and levels and balancing and experience iteration; this occupation leans more toward print visuals and layout and brand application. |
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Conclusion | the core difference between this page (O*NET 27-1024.00 Graphic Designers) and adjacent positions lies in the object and output and authorization level: this occupation takes the brief and layout and graphics and images and delivery specifications as its object, with output being layouts and graphics and source files and exported files and delivery notes; Art Directors (27-1011.00) take creative direction and team and client and budget decisions as their object, with output being creative direction and proposals and decisions; Web and Digital Interface Designers (15-1255.00) take interfaces and interaction and design systems and usability as their object, with output being prototypes and interface specifications and design systems; Commercial and Industrial Designers (27-1021.00) take industrial design and manufacturing feasibility of products and packaging as their object, with output being product concepts and engineering drawings and prototypes; Interior Designers (27-1025.00) take space and materials and building codes and safety as their object, with output being space schemes and materials and construction drawings; Video Game Designers (15-1255.01) take game mechanics and levels and experience as their object, with output being mechanics and levels and balancing design documents. Because the object and output and authorization level differ, authority for brand strategy decisions, legal and copyright opinions, accessibility compliance certification, or trademark registration conclusions cannot be carried over across positions.
Transition | this page lists adjacent positions side by side by object and output and authorization level, to help you judge which kind of visual communication or interface or product or space or game design position you want to invest in over the long term. Whichever direction you choose, what really determines whether you can take the job is the norms and tools and methods and authorization requirements of that direction, the ability to write the brief and specifications and version and authorization records clearly, and the willingness to take responsibility for the brand and consumers and copyright and compliance; the interest questionnaire is only used to raise questions.
Technically feasible: a task may technically be within reach of a tool; this is only a feasibility judgment and does not mean the use is permitted or that it has been adopted by an institution.
Institutional and regulatory adoption: whether to introduce it depends on copyright and trademark and advertising and accessibility and personal information and client confidentiality requirements and institutional brand and design systems; authorization and release and compliance responsibility cannot be transferred by introducing a tool.
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period. The current BLS OOH projection states that AI and other automatic design tools will raise productivity and reduce labor demand, while digital display still requires layout and brand design; this is a U.S. occupational projection explanation, not a measured efficiency gain or an individual substitution outcome. Insufficient evidence: no quantified generative AI exposure level, actual adoption / substitution rate, or income causality for this precise occupation has been obtained; no precise cross-mapping between this SOC and the ILO2025 study's ISCO has been established, and it is not asserted that the study does not cover it.
| Work direction | Task | Current change | Human control points |
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| Discuss and determine the layout with the client and research the audience and use and study materials | Requirement and audience research | Editorial trial suggestion: reference searching and summarization can assist, while requirement understanding and judgment are the person's responsibility; whether efficiency improves must be compared against a manual baseline and errors recorded, and actual adoption has not been verified. | Requirement and audience judgment are completed by you according to the brief and authorization |
| Create concepts and drafts based on layout principles and aesthetics and determine the arrangement and fonts | Concept and layout design | Editorial trial suggestion: variant exploration and color drafts can assist, while concept and standard judgment are the person's responsibility; whether efficiency improves must be compared against a manual baseline and errors recorded, and actual adoption has not been verified. | Concept direction and layout and hierarchy are your responsibility |
| Use software to generate and produce graphics and images and illustrations and charts | Graphic and image production | Editorial trial suggestion: image and icon drafts can assist, while quality and consistency judgment are the person's responsibility; whether efficiency improves must be compared against a manual baseline and errors recorded, and actual adoption has not been verified. | Graphics and image quality and standards are your responsibility |
| Enter information and prepare digital files for printing and mark up and assemble final layouts | Prepress and delivery preparation | Editorial trial suggestion: size adaptation and format conversion and checklists can assist, while specification and color confirmation are the person's responsibility; whether efficiency improves must be compared against a manual baseline and errors recorded, and actual adoption has not been verified. | Prepress and specifications and color and output are your responsibility according to standards |
| Review final layouts and suggest improvements and revise according to feedback and archive | Review and revision and archiving | Editorial trial suggestion: difference and version comparison can assist, while review and judgment and archiving responsibility are the person's; whether efficiency improves must be compared against a manual baseline and errors recorded, and actual adoption has not been verified. | Review conclusions and revision and versions are your responsibility |
| Research new software or design concepts and write or edit copy as needed | Research and tools and copy | Editorial trial suggestion: tool and copy drafts can assist, while selection and content judgment and responsibility are the person's; whether efficiency improves must be compared against a manual baseline and errors recorded, and actual adoption has not been verified. | Tool selection and copy checking are confirmed by you together with the brand position |
| Re-check authorization and specifications and accessibility and submit and release according to authorization | Delivery and authorization and release checking | Editorial trial suggestion: checklist and record organization can assist, while authorization and release responsibility are the person's; whether efficiency improves must be compared against a manual baseline and errors recorded, and actual adoption has not been verified. | Authorization and specification and release boundaries are completed by you according to authorization |
Evidence boundary: tasks / wages / projections / advertising software each support their own claims; the ILO mapping is absent so no quantified exposure is given; NIST is not a copyright or accessibility law.
The following three directions are editorial trial suggestions, comparing synthetic drafts with a manual baseline, and do not guarantee faster or better results or that they have been adopted.
What AI mainly changesSuggested trial: public reference directories and image drafts, checking the original links, rights, and brand applicability.
Still the responsibility of peopleBrief comprehension and design strategy and brand consistency and audience judgment
What AI mainly changesSuggested trial: batch sizes / formats and checklists, recomputing and previewing each item, without automatically approving release.
Still the responsibility of peopleMaterial and font and trademark authorization checking and legal risk judgment
What AI mainly changesSuggested trial: fictional brief variants and a method summary, keeping the original draft, the differences, and the failure records.
Still the responsibility of peopleExternal release and placement and brand and compliance conclusions and responsibility
Editorial check process: requirements, sources, content, documentation, and release approval are each implemented, and duties follow the actual institutional arrangement.
Requirements and boundaries: the brief and audience and use and brand standards and release scope must be determined by personnel with the corresponding authorization, and tools do not replace requirement understanding and strategic judgment.
China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information. Register the basis of use according to the specific source and use, and do not deny statutory exceptions wholesale.
Content and judgment: generated drafts and images and copy must be checked and revised by you, tool output must not be used directly as a basis for delivery or release, and judgment must not exceed the brief and the standards and the data support.
Records and versions: keep sources, inputs, models / tools, draft differences, specification and contrast recomputation, and re-check and approval records; corrections keep the original value and the true time.
Release and versions: delivery and external release and placement and process changes must be within the scope of authorization and client and brand requirements, and authorization or copyright or specification or accessibility problems must be paused and escalated according to the system.
May bring copyright and accuracy or brand consistency risk and rework
Control method:Before delivery and release, you must verify the source and authorization and brand standards and specifications and document this
May leak unpublished client information or identifiable personal information, and must be checked against the real use.
Control method:Identifiable personal information requires separate checking of lawful basis and necessity and retention period; unpublished brand / contract secrets and the like follow the actual contract and institutional authority, and not all client information is treated as personal information.
May exceed image / font / graphic licenses or create trademark disputes, so the rights and use must be checked specifically.
Control method:Record the rights / licenses / statutory basis of use, scope and term, and sublicensing; unresolved doubts do not enter formal release.
May cause post-print scrapping and accessibility failure and unclear responsibility
Control method:Specifications and color and bleed and resolution and format and accessibility must be measured and re-checked according to standards
When copyright or brand or compliance disputes arise, responsibility cannot be defined
Control method:Before adopting a tool, first clarify the direction and authorization and specifications and the release approval path and the responsible person, and document this
Use tools in auxiliary steps that can be rolled back: material and reference searching, initial exploration of layout and color and fonts, image and icon drafts, and organizing specification and naming and delivery lists; understanding of the brief and brand direction and authorization checking are governed by mentoring and authorization.
Use digital tools for concept exploration and layout variants and image processing and specification checking and exporting; brand consistency judgment and material authorization and final delivery and release remain your responsibility according to norms and authorization.
Use tools to organize multi-project materials and versions and specifications and knowledge bases and templates and training materials; complex and controlled matters (interpretation of brand standards, legal and licensing risk, accessibility determination) are confirmed by you together with brand and legal positions.
Use tools for project and brand asset and performance and delivery statistics and documentation and training management; brand strategy and external release and legal and compliance conclusions must be approved by a person and documented.
The current BLS OOH projection states that AI and other automatic design tools will raise productivity and reduce labor demand, while digital display still requires layout and brand design; this is a U.S. occupational projection explanation, not a measured efficiency gain or an individual substitution outcome. Insufficient evidence: no quantified generative AI exposure level, actual adoption / substitution rate, or income causality for this precise occupation has been obtained; no precise cross-mapping between this SOC and the ILO2025 study's ISCO has been established, and it is not asserted that the study does not cover it.
Source:The AI projection explanation in the BLS OOH; not a measured substitution rateOriginal material ↗
The hot page has 35 software items, Illustrator62%, Photoshop61%, InDesign49%, CreativeCloud47%, Figma11%, HTML8%, CSS5%; these are the mention proportions in 2025 full-year U.S. Lightcast occupation-related independent job postings, not actual use or AI adoption. The detailed software page has 27 categories counted separately, which is not 35 categories or a uniform skills threshold. Programming requirements must be checked against the specific target position.
Source:O*NET2025 job posting software mentionsOriginal material ↗
Editorial trial candidates: reference searching, image and copy drafts, layout variants, size adaptation; record time / errors before judging, and do not rank substitution probability.
Source:O*NET tasks, editorial trial suggestionsOriginal material ↗
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period.
Source:BLS2025—2035 precise occupational projectionOriginal material ↗
China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information. Release follows actual institutional authorization, and tools do not create authority on their own.
Source:Editorial check advice; Chinese copyright and other legal sources and actual authorization, with NIST being only general governanceOriginal material ↗
Design strategy, brand standards, the basis for material use, prepress specifications, legibility, and collaboration abilities can be observed against an actual brief; this round has not obtained comparative evidence that these abilities are relatively harder to replace by AI, so no ranking is made.
Source:O*NET work context and competition and time pressure characteristicsOriginal material ↗
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period. The current BLS OOH projection states that AI and other automatic design tools will raise productivity and reduce labor demand, while digital display still requires layout and brand design; this is a U.S. occupational projection explanation, not a measured efficiency gain or an individual substitution outcome. Insufficient evidence: no quantified generative AI exposure level, actual adoption / substitution rate, or income causality for this precise occupation has been obtained; no precise cross-mapping between this SOC and the ILO2025 study's ISCO has been established, and it is not asserted that the study does not cover it.
Source:BLS OOH occupational projection and editorial check adviceOriginal material ↗
The current BLS OOH projection states that AI and other automatic design tools will raise productivity and reduce labor demand, while digital display still requires layout and brand design; this is a U.S. occupational projection explanation, not a measured efficiency gain or an individual substitution outcome. Insufficient evidence: no quantified generative AI exposure level, actual adoption / substitution rate, or income causality for this precise occupation has been obtained; no precise cross-mapping between this SOC and the ILO2025 study's ISCO has been established, and it is not asserted that the study does not cover it. Tool trials are editorial advice; the complete H1 on this page only observes rule execution and design interpretation and does not prove actual adoption or competence.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
| Education background | Common position directions | Explanation and check advice |
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| Design or visual communication or related education and training | Check the target position requirements; this is not a national Chinese position ratio | The U.S. O*NET new hire education requirements questionnaire is 65% bachelor's, 15% high school equivalent, and 10% master's, which is not the distribution of credentials held by workers. Job Zone4/SVP7 to under 8 is a general preparation description, not a uniform four-year term; the BLS2025 precise line is typically entry with a bachelor's degree, no relevant experience, and no on-the-job training, which does not exclude specific internships or employer training. Chinese requirements must be checked against the target position. |
| Layout and font and color and image and prepress and digital delivery skills | Check the target position requirements; this is not a national Chinese position ratio | Positions usually require layout and visual hierarchy and typography and color and image processing and prepress and specification and color management and delivery ability; the O*NET hot technologies page lists 35 software skills (Illustrator 62% and Photoshop 61% and InDesign 49% and Creative Cloud 47% and Figma 11% and so on are the items that have percentages). |
| Understanding of brand and marketing and users and accessibility and front-end collaboration | Check the target position requirements; this is not a national Chinese position ratio | Positions usually require understanding the brief and audience and channel and brand standards and accessibility requirements, and the ability to collaborate with copy and marketing and development and printing and legal. |
| Industry certifications (where applicable) | Check the target position requirements; this is not a national Chinese position ratio | The O*NET certification catalogue lists Content Creation & Marketing Using Adobe Express and Adobe Acrobat Pro Professional and Adobe InDesign Professional and Adobe Photoshop Professional and Adobe Illustrator Professional and Adobe Certified Associate (InDesign and Photoshop and Illustrator) and Visual Effects & Motion Graphics Using Adobe After Effects and Digital Video using Adobe Premiere Pro (all Adobe) and Digital Imaging - Certified Digital Designer (ADDA) and Certified in Engineering Graphics and Certified Senior in Engineering Graphics (ATMAE), and so on; certifications can serve as proof of ability but are not equivalent to institutional authorization or legal and accessibility compliance conclusions. |
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists. 2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay. BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists. The O*NET prior base period industry shares are 30% professional scientific and technical / 14% manufacturing / 56% other, which are not Chinese demand.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists. The O*NET prior base period industry shares are 30% professional scientific and technical / 14% manufacturing / 56% other, which are not Chinese demand.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists. The O*NET prior base period industry shares are 30% professional scientific and technical / 14% manufacturing / 56% other, which are not Chinese demand.
The current BLS OOH projection states that AI and other automatic design tools will raise productivity and reduce labor demand, while digital display still requires layout and brand design; this is a U.S. occupational projection explanation, not a measured efficiency gain or an individual substitution outcome. Insufficient evidence: no quantified generative AI exposure level, actual adoption / substitution rate, or income causality for this precise occupation has been obtained; no precise cross-mapping between this SOC and the ILO2025 study's ISCO has been established, and it is not asserted that the study does not cover it.
| Official annual wage, not an individual's monthly income |
| The median is the midpoint of the distribution, not starting pay or a uniform job level. |
| 10th percentile | 10th percentile annual wage 39,520 U.S. dollars / hourly 19.00 U.S. dollars (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope) | Official annual wage, not an individual's take-home pay | The 10th percentile is the lower boundary point, not exclusive to novices or low-seniority workers. |
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| 25th percentile | 25th percentile annual wage 49,040 U.S. dollars / hourly 23.58 U.S. dollars (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope) | Official annual wage, not an individual's take-home pay | The 25th percentile is the lower quartile boundary point, not proof of income for senior or composite ability. |
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Salary · median：Median annual wage 62,960 U.S. dollars / median hourly wage 30.27 U.S. dollars (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope)；2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment. Percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay；Source
Salary · 10th percentile：10th percentile annual wage 39,520 U.S. dollars / hourly 19.00 U.S. dollars (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope)；2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment. Percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay；Source
Salary · 25th percentile：25th percentile annual wage 49,040 U.S. dollars / hourly 23.58 U.S. dollars (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope)；2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment. Percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay；Source
Salary · 75th percentile：75th percentile annual wage 81,830 U.S. dollars / hourly 39.34 U.S. dollars (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope)；2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment. Percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay；Source
Salary · 90th percentile：90th percentile annual wage 104,910 U.S. dollars / hourly 50.44 U.S. dollars (2025, BLS OEWS, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope)；2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment. Percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay；Source
The national median is not an entry wage; the 2025 California annual 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentiles are 46,190/55,500/75,130/99,240/129,560 U.S. dollars, which are only a state distribution, not a Chinese or individual wage. Original text: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/27-1024.00?st=CA . The four industry medians are listed separately.
2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay.
Statistical item | May 2025 BLS OEWS regular pre-tax wages, with 27-1024 national percentiles presented through O*NET; the four industry medians come from the BLS OOH, and employment is separately the 2025—2035 BLS projection. OEWS excludes self-employment while the projection includes it, and the education questionnaire is not a wage source.
Check against the target contract the region, industry, pay, actual duties, and self-employment project costs and so on; the national percentiles and industry medians on this page do not prove an income causality for seniority or skills.
| Industry | Median wage for this occupation within that industry | How to understand |
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| Specialized design services | 63,780 U.S. dollars per year | BLS OOH2025 median wage for U.S. 27-1024 in that industry; not all occupations in the whole industry or self-employment. |
| Information sector | 62,970 U.S. dollars per year | BLS OOH2025 median wage for U.S. 27-1024 in that industry; not all occupations in the whole industry or self-employment. |
| Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services | 61,200 U.S. dollars per year | BLS OOH2025 median wage for U.S. 27-1024 in that industry; not all occupations in the whole industry or self-employment. |
| Printing and Related Support Activities | 47,120 U.S. dollars per year | BLS OOH2025 median wage for U.S. 27-1024 in that industry; not all occupations in the whole industry or self-employment. |
Check the contract region / industry / employer and pay composition; no income causality has been verified for each factor.
Editorial comparison: check the real project requirements by brand, publishing, interface, and other directions, and do not claim that composite ability commands a general premium.
Editorial advice: check the work description and experience and duties separately, and do not infer seniority or an income ceiling from percentiles.
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference. EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%. Projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period；Source
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference. EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%. Projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period；Source
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference. EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%. Projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period；Source
Which Holland interest type is closer to Graphic Designers?
Holland (RIASEC) | for understanding your relative position on Artistic and Conventional preferences. The O*NET interest code for this occupation is AC (Artistic—Conventional), corresponding to a willingness to create original visual works and apply artistic principles to design and materials (Artistic) and a willingness to organize information and files and versions according to brand standards and specifications and processes (Conventional); this is consistent with the activity profile of this occupation, which is dominated by thinking creatively (98), using computers (94), getting information (90), and communicating with supervisors and peers or subordinates (80). The questionnaire is only used to raise questions, not to judge whether you are suited or can take the job.
Do not use it this way:If you find it hard to face screen work and multiple rounds of revision and deadline pressure over the long term, and hard to accept subjective client evaluation and having your work rejected as the norm, a high interest questionnaire score cannot change this real cost; this occupation also requires confirming the institution's specific requirements on the portfolio and probation output and intellectual property and confidentiality and settlement.
Test my Holland occupational interestsWhich Big Five traits are more relevant to this job?
Editorial self-questioning: how do you keep checking under multiple revisions and deadlines? This is not a verified prediction of a particular personality's effect on performance.
Do not use it this way:Do not use a personality assessment saying I am not suited as a reason to give up or not enter the field; rely on internships or job shadowing or simulated design tasks and portfolio review and mentor evaluation.
View my Big Five personality traitsCan MBTI be used to judge whether I am suited to Graphic Designers?
MBTI | typology is used for self-reflection on communication and work preferences; this occupation requires multi-party communication and collaboration with clients and copywriters and marketing and development and printing and legal (email 90% report daily, telephone communication 53% report daily, working in a team or contributing 67% report extremely important), and a preference does not determine whether you can do the job.
Do not use it this way:Treat the type only as a reference for communication style; do not use it to infer whether you or others can do layout design and prepress delivery and authorization checking well.
Learn about my MBTI preferencesCan the Enneagram show whether I am suited to this occupation?
Enneagram is for self-questioning about how to check the brief and specifications and basis of use when facing revisions and deadlines; the relative validity of type labels and task observation has not been obtained, and no judgment is made about which matters more.
Do not use it this way:Do not use type labels to explain design disagreements or compliance problems; return to whether the brief and brand standards and specifications and authorization were followed.
Explore my Enneagram patternsHow to use simulated tasks to observe reasoning and design learning?
Editorial exploration: use H1 to observe reading the brief, calculating column width / resolution, explaining two layouts, and documented revision; performance on this site's IQ does not prove competence on these tasks, and no math / art score admission line is provided.
Do not use it this way:A high or low score cannot show whether you can learn layout design and prepress and delivery; test this through internships or job shadowing or simulated design tasks and portfolio review and mentor evaluation.
Learn about my intelligence and reasoning performanceDoes being a Graphic Designer require high emotional intelligence?
You can ask yourself whether you can state the problem clearly and keep checking under revisions and client evaluation and collaboration; no specific causality between EQ scores and delivery quality or collaboration relationships has been obtained.
Do not use it this way:Do not limit yourself by assessment scores; observe actual performance after training, and since training effects for this occupation have not been obtained, no guarantee is made that work or practice will necessarily improve.
Learn about my emotional intelligenceBetter match:Can independently complete concept and layout and prepress and delivery within the brief and brand and specification scope
Note:Editorial comparison: explore according to that direction's actual object, delivery specifications, collaboration, and training conditions, and do not permanently rule out a direction based on a single preference.
View related occupations:This occupation (Graphic Designers) directionBetter match:Has the ability for creative direction decisions and team and client and budget management
Note:Editorial comparison: explore according to that direction's actual object, delivery specifications, collaboration, and training conditions, and do not permanently rule out a direction based on a single preference.
View related occupations:Art Directors directionBetter match:Has the ability for users and interaction and interfaces and design systems and implementation collaboration
Note:Editorial comparison: explore according to that direction's actual object, delivery specifications, collaboration, and training conditions, and do not permanently rule out a direction based on a single preference.
View related occupations:Web and Digital Interface Designers directionBetter match:Has the ability for product structure and materials and manufacturing processes and ergonomics
Note:Editorial comparison: explore according to that direction's actual object, delivery specifications, collaboration, and training conditions, and do not permanently rule out a direction based on a single preference.
View related occupations:Commercial and Industrial Designers directionBetter match:Has the ability for space function and materials and building and fire safety and accessibility codes
Note:Editorial comparison: explore according to that direction's actual object, delivery specifications, collaboration, and training conditions, and do not permanently rule out a direction based on a single preference.
View related occupations:Interior Designers directionBetter match:Has the ability for gameplay and levels and balancing and experience iteration
Note:Editorial comparison: explore according to that direction's actual object, delivery specifications, collaboration, and training conditions, and do not permanently rule out a direction based on a single preference.
View related occupations:Video Game Designers directionWhat kind of personality is more suited to being a Graphic Designer? This occupation values sensitivity to layout and detail and specifications, understanding of the brand and audience, stability and communication under multiple revisions and deadline pressure, and a sense of responsibility for material authorization and delivery, rather than a particular personality type; the interest code given by O*NET is AC (Artistic—Conventional), which can serve as a starting point for exploration.
Are introverted people suited to this occupation? Yes. This occupation has a great deal of independent layout and image and specification work, and it also requires communication with clients and the team (email 90% report daily, telephone communication 53% report daily).
Degree of extraversion is not a qualification or ability conclusion; proposals and feedback handling can be observed, but no specific causality between extraversion and client communication outcomes has been obtained, and team questionnaire results are not used to infer individual performance.
No evidence has been obtained that a particular MBTI type is best suited to this occupation; check design skills and standards and the basis of use against actual tasks, and do not claim that they have been confirmed as mainly determining fit.
Which Holland interest type is more suited to this occupation? The interest code given by O*NET is AC: Artistic (creating original visual works and applying artistic principles to design and materials) and Conventional (organizing information and files and versions according to brand standards and specifications and processes); it can be used to explore task preferences, not to predict performance.
The predictive validity of this site's personality or interest scores for performance in this occupation has not been obtained and cannot be used for individual hiring or competence conclusions; this gap is not generalized to mean that all personality research has no predictive information.
Editorial exploration: use H1 to observe whether you can explain hierarchy, recompute specifications, and handle revisions; an art foundation can be tested through practice, and no IQ / personality score threshold or success probability is given.
Does this occupation require high emotional intelligence? It requires emotional stability and patience and client and cross-team communication ability, but no particular assessment score is required. Multiple revisions and subjective client evaluation and deadline pressure require self-regulation and communication and escalation according to procedure.
Can the Enneagram be used to judge whether I am suited? No. The Enneagram is a self-exploration tool and does not constitute an occupational ability or fit conclusion; fit should be judged by whether you can complete layout and delivery work under brief and brand and specification and authorization requirements.
Use a paper design note to observe this round's brief comprehension, specification recomputation, basis of use, and error correction, then check real position training and assessment; the relative validity of that and the questionnaire has not been obtained, so no judgment is made about which better indicates long-term fit.
Typical scenario：Scenario | the project is near launch, and the parties want to use images and fonts of unknown source first and supplement the authorization after release, without checking trademark and advertising wording risk.
Main positions：The person and the brand and legal positions; the client and the platform and the rights holder
Possible consequences：Material and font and icon and music and generated content of unclear source or authorization, or use beyond the license scope and term, or unverified trademark and copyright and likeness and advertising wording risk; may lead to claims and takedowns and rectification and brand damage
Reduce risk：China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information. Record the basis of use, the scope and term of use, and the approval for each actual material.
Basis：WCAG contrast for ordinary web page text · operations
Typical scenario：Scenario | one day before printing, a delivery file is found to have mismatched color mode and bleed and font embedding, the schedule is tight, and the site is asked to send it to the printer as is and supplement the specification confirmation later.
Main positions：The person and production and delivery positions; the client and printing and publishing parties
Possible consequences：Color mode and bleed and safe margins and resolution and format and font embedding and links and naming and version errors; may cause post-print scrapping and screen display disorder and rework and delivery delay
Reduce risk：Check item by item against the print or screen specifications and color management and the delivery checklist and keep the check record, and do a proof or preview confirmation and version and naming re-check before delivery; when a specification or color or font problem is found, pause immediately and correct it according to the process
Basis：O*NET precise tasks / context · O*NET precise tasks / context
Typical scenario：Scenario | to save time, the person is asked to skip proofreading and contrast and legibility checks and to deliver a live combination of generated images and copy.
Main positions：The person and the brand and quality positions; the client and consumers and compliance
Possible consequences：Layout hierarchy and legibility and contrast and accessibility fail to meet requirements, or materials and text are distorted, or typos and information errors are not proofread; may cause client complaints and compliance problems and brand image damage
Reduce risk：Proofread text / information and the actual text size and contrast against the specific channel standards; WCAG ordinary web page text requires 4.5:1 and exceptions, which is not a uniform threshold for all printed materials.
Basis：WCAG contrast for ordinary web page text · China's Advertising Law
Typical scenario：Scenario | to move quickly, the person is asked to release and place externally before the client approves, or to send unpublished project information and client materials to uncontrolled channels.
Main positions：The person and the client and the brand position; the brand and compliance boundary
Possible consequences：Committing on behalf of the brand beyond your authority or using unauthorized assets, or disclosing unpublished project and client information without authorization; may lead to contract and legal risk and damage to the client relationship
Reduce risk：External release and placement and print delivery must be approved by the client or brand owner and the relevant positions, and unpublished information is managed under confidentiality requirements; when facing unauthorized requests or information requests, first state the boundary and refer according to the process
Basis：China's Personal Information Protection Law · China's Copyright Law
Typical scenario：Scenario | the client repeatedly changes direction over several rounds without clarifying the revision rounds and acceptance and settlement rules, and delivery quality and working-hour pressure keep rising.
Main positions：The person and the team and the project positions; delivery quality and health
Possible consequences：Repeated changes in direction and unclear revision rounds and delivery and acceptance, or health and quality problems caused by long screen work and deadline pressure; may cause rework and disputes and occupational health problems
Reduce risk：Before the project starts, clarify the direction and revision rounds and deliverables and acceptance and settlement rules and document them, and arrange work according to eye and posture and rest guidance; when scope or settlement or health problems arise, escalate and adjust according to the system
Basis：O*NET precise tasks / context · O*NET precise tasks / context
Typical scenario：Scenario | after an outsourced illustration or photograph is delivered without authorization and source and specification notes, settlement and inclusion in the delivery are requested, and the site is asked to use it first and supplement later.
Main positions：The person and outsourcing and suppliers; quality and authorization and responsibility
Possible consequences：Outsourced photography or illustration or prepress or development delivery and acceptance and authorization and responsibility are unclear, or the licensing and sublicensing boundaries of third-party materials and fonts are unclear; may lead to substandard quality and authorization disputes and unclear responsibility
Reduce risk：Check commissioned ownership against the contract and Article 19 of the Copyright Law; register the delivery specifications, the licensed rights, the scope and term of use, and sublicensing, and do not treat payment as a transfer of all rights.
Basis：China's Copyright Law · O*NET precise tasks / context
Summary | understand the path as a cycle of learning — projects and portfolio — brand and authorization and specification training — authorization — responsibility: first complete education or vocational training and skills and portfolio accumulation, then get familiar with the brief and brand standards and prepress and authorization and accessibility and delivery systems in projects, and after obtaining the corresponding authorization deliver independently and deepen in a direction; where brand release or trademark and copyright or advertising compliance or accessibility compliance conclusions are involved, the corresponding position or institutional approval must be obtained or the matter referred according to the system.
Qualification boundary | receiving vocational training, completing projects and internships, obtaining an education or training certificate, passing portfolio review, and obtaining certifications and institutional and position authorization and external release and brand use authority are different states; the preparation items listed on this page do not equal authorization and do not automatically confer the authority to release independently on behalf of the brand or to make copyright and accessibility compliance conclusions.
| Occupational direction | Starting tasks | Evidence you can prepare | Work you can show without experience | Difference from this occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Directors | Assistance with organizing creative direction and proposal material | Design or visual communication degree and project and team records | A fictional key-points sheet for creative direction and proposals | The output is direction decisions and team and budget, while this occupation's output is layout and graphics and delivery |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | Assistance with interfaces and prototypes and design systems | Design or interaction degree and interface project records | A fictional key-points sheet for interfaces and design systems | The object is interfaces and interaction and usability, while this occupation's object is print layout and print delivery |
| Commercial and Industrial Designers | Assistance with product and packaging structure and process material | Industrial design degree and product project records | A fictional key-points sheet for product structure and processes | The object is product structure and manufacturing feasibility, while this occupation's object is visual communication and layout |
| Interior Designers | Assistance with space measurement and materials and construction drawings | Interior design degree and project and code records | A fictional key-points sheet for space and materials | The object is space and codes and on-site coordination, while this occupation's object is print layout and print delivery |
| Video Game Designers | Assistance with mechanics and level material and prototypes | Game or digital media degree and prototype records | A fictional key-points sheet for mechanics and levels | The object is gameplay and balancing and experience iteration, while this occupation's object is print visuals and brand application |
Whether you can independently take charge of projects and external delivery does not depend on the degree itself, but on whether you take on the corresponding duties within the institution and brand and authorization scope.
Education, training, projects, and portfolio review can be preparation leads; actual independent delivery is verified by the position, and no claim is made that these factors have been confirmed as the main cause of performance.
Brand / release / legal / accessibility review is arranged according to the real activity and position duties and applicable regulations, and no uniform statutory qualification is invented for everyone.
Identifiable personal information, client contract secrets, and ordinary project fields are checked separately for law, contract, and institutional authority; not all unpublished brand material is subject to minimum necessity.
I1 | A5 finished size 148×210 mm, bleed 3 mm on each side, content inset 5 mm; the safe area has two columns with 6 mm between columns. The digital version is 1080×1350 px with content inset 60 px on all four sides, two columns with 40 px between columns; they are laid out separately, and proportional enlargement is not used to guarantee fit.
I2 | the candidate image is 800×600 px, placed at 80×60 mm; 1 inch = 25.4 mm, ppi = pixels ÷ (mm ÷ 25.4). Calculate the current ppi and the minimum pixels needed to reach 300 ppi (rounding each side up); enlargement interpolation does not prove new real detail.
I3 | material A is a flower and leaf sketch drawn for this exercise, original and available for this simulated delivery; B is a fictional license record stating classroom practice only and no commercial release; C is a font whose license status is blank. There are no real assets: draw original rectangles and handwriting, and do not download anything. The formal simulated draft uses only A; state which rights scope B and C must supplement, and do not infer that all fonts are automatically copyrighted.
I4 | relative luminance is given: background 0.90, text option A 0.10, option B 0.30; compare using the R1 formula. V1 mistakenly wrote October 12; the task brief date is October 10. The agreed draft deadline is October 3 16:00, and V1 was actually submitted at 16:20, with the release approval column blank.
I5 | correction record requirements: keep V1 and create V2, fill in the real reviser (practice nickname), real practice time, original value / new value / reason, self-check status, and approval still pending check; it must not be written as an on-time submission or with a forged approval. The delivery list includes the two layout sketches, the calculation page, the material table, the correction table, and a handover of about 200 characters.
Note which parts were completed independently or actually received help, and handwriting and original sketches are sufficient, with no need to download software / materials.
Confirm that the date, the 20-minute late submission, the material restrictions, and the pending approval are all retained, and do not show only the rendering.
The summary must not contain real clients or controlled or trade-secret material or unpublished trademarks or identifiable personal information, and should use numbers and synthetic data where necessary.
Note the information sources and assumptions, and distinguish design judgment from compliance judgment and items to be verified.
Explain who re-checked the generated content and materials before use and which authorization and specification check was performed.
If the values and files are examples, they must be marked as such and it must be stated that they are finally confirmed by personnel with the corresponding authorization.
| Stage | Points that may be checked | Observable evidence | Boundary note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resume and portfolio initial screening | Design or visual communication education and training, direction and project types, and software proficiency | Portfolio and project descriptions and training records | Portfolio self-assessment cannot replace education and brand and authorization verification |
| Interview and portfolio review | Understanding of the brief and layout and brand and specification and authorization and accessibility boundaries | On-site judgment about specifications and authorization and exceeding authority in the question-and-answer and portfolio narrative | Scenario answers cannot replace copyright and advertising and accessibility training and authorization |
Self-check and record the actual time spent, the differences, and the pending status; no real client, mentor, or software is needed.
Self-check and record the actual time spent, the differences, and the pending status; no real client, mentor, or software is needed.
Self-check and record the actual time spent, the differences, and the pending status; no real client, mentor, or software is needed.
Self-check and record the actual time spent, the differences, and the pending status; no real client, mentor, or software is needed.
Self-check and record the actual time spent, the differences, and the pending status; no real client, mentor, or software is needed.
| Qualification or preparation items | Who it applies to | Effect on this occupation | Whether it is universally required | Conditions for obtaining | Approximate investment | Limitation note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design or visual communication or related education and training | Most positions | Meets the starting point of layout and visual and software knowledge for entry | Required for most positions (some positions enter via portfolio and experience) | Complete the corresponding education or vocational training and complete project or internship training | Check against the actual course, project, or certification conditions; no uniform required duration has been obtained on this page. |
Typical duties：Under mentoring, take on material organization and extension and finishing and format adaptation and record assistance; do not independently take responsibility for direction decisions or external release.
Promotion evidence：Extension and finishing and assisted records and review comments; able to restate brand and specification key points.
Qualification boundary：Design or visual communication related training records; brand and confidentiality training.
Next steps：Familiar with the key points of the brief and brand standards and layout principles and fonts and color and materials and version norms.
Typical duties：Independently complete concept and layout and font and color and image design and brand application and re-check and deliver according to standards.
Promotion evidence：Design drafts and brand application and specification and delivery records and review comments.
Qualification boundary：Institutional position authorization; project and portfolio review records.
Next steps：Accumulate experience under different brands and media and specification conditions, and practice brand consistency and layout and image and specification trade-off methods.
Typical duties：Take on brand standards maintenance and complex projects and delivery review and templates and material libraries and mentoring.
Promotion evidence：Audit and brand and mentoring and material governance records.
Qualification boundary：Corresponding position authorization; audit and mentoring records.
Next steps：Learn brand management and design standards and delivery quality and material governance methods.
Typical duties：Coordinate direction and resources and quality and delivery and budget and training and countersigning, handle complex and disputed matters, and guide newcomers.
Promotion evidence：Coordination conclusions; brand and process and quality and training documents.
Qualification boundary：Corresponding management appointment or institutional authorization.
Next steps：Improve the management mechanisms for brand and design processes and quality and materials and training.
Typical duties：Under mentoring, take on file organization and format and size adaptation and naming and delivery checklist assistance; do not independently sign off prepress confirmation or external delivery.
Promotion evidence：File organization and adaptation and delivery checklists and review comments.
Qualification boundary：Design or printing related training records; quality and confidentiality training.
Next steps：Familiar with the key points of color mode and bleed and safe margins and resolution and font embedding and links and output format norms.
Typical duties：Independently complete prepress checks and color and specification and output and delivery and archiving and re-check according to standards.
Promotion evidence：Prepress checks and proofing and delivery and archiving records and review comments.
Qualification boundary：Institutional position authorization; prepress and delivery practice experience.
Next steps：Accumulate experience under different printing processes and materials and digital platforms, and practice proof confirmation and color deviation handling and delivery acceptance methods.
Typical duties：Under mentoring, take on digital asset organization and specification adaptation and authorization registration and release material organization assistance; do not independently make compliance judgments or release externally.
Promotion evidence：Digital assets and authorization registration and assisted records and review comments.
Qualification boundary：Design or digital media related training records; copyright and confidentiality and data security training.
Next steps：Familiar with the key points of digital delivery and responsive and accessibility and authorization and trademark and advertising wording and privacy norms.
Typical duties：Independently complete digital and responsive delivery and accessibility checks and authorization and trademark and advertising and privacy checks and mark and document according to standards.
Promotion evidence：Digital delivery and accessibility and authorization and compliance check records and review comments.
Qualification boundary：Institutional position authorization; digital delivery and compliance practice experience.
Next steps：Accumulate experience under different channels and platforms and regulatory requirements, and practice accessibility and authorization and compliance checking methods.
Under mentoring, take on material organization and extension and finishing and format adaptation and record assistance; do not independently take responsibility for direction decisions or external release.
Can independently complete concept and layout and images and prepress and delivery within the brief and brand and specification scope, and escalate and re-check according to the system when authorization or specification or accessibility problems arise.
Can take on complex projects and brand application and standards maintenance and delivery review and templates and material libraries and mentoring.
Can take on direction and resources and quality and delivery and training and budget and cross-team coordination and countersigning and implementation of brand systems.
United States · SOC 27-1024.00 (OEWS 2025, presented through O*NET)
Median annual wage 62,960 U.S. dollars / median hourly wage 30.27 U.S. dollars; 10th percentile 39,520, 25th percentile 49,040, 75th percentile 81,830, 90th percentile 104,910 (U.S. dollars per year)
Wages (median and percentiles, this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope)
The 2025 national five percentiles and the four industry medians are checked separately; the California five percentiles have also been obtained this round, and no individual starting pay or Chinese wage is inferred, with other target regions checked separately.
Does not show：2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay.
United States · SOC 27-1024.00 (BLS employment projections, presented through O*NET)
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period.
Employment scale and growth and job openings (this occupation (27-1024.00) own scope)
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. The current O*NET already shows 2025 employment of 253,100, a declining category for 2025—2035, and 16,000 openings, consistent with the current BLS period.
Does not show：EP includes self-employment at 20.5% and differs from OEWS wages; openings are replacement demand, not net growth or real advertising.
Mainland China · National Bureau of Statistics average wage of urban unit employed persons (industry-category scope) and bounded search
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
Occupational wages and employment (statistical scope and gaps)
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
Does not show：The legal environment and management system and statistical scope differ, so no splicing or conversion is done; the China part of this page only registers the statistical scope and visible gaps; this page does not constitute any copyright or legal or advertising compliance opinion.
These are ability adjacency relations and do not mean automatic promotion or no need for further training.
Transferable：Design judgment and proposal and collaboration experience
Needs to be supplemented：Needs added capability in creative direction and team and client and budget management; transition note: editorial transition comparison: add the corresponding training / projects according to the target position, with no distance level or success probability given. This page does not quantify transition distance or success probability, and target position qualifications, authorization, and training must be checked separately.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Visual and specification and proofing experience
Needs to be supplemented：Needs added capability in product structure and materials and manufacturing processes and ergonomics; transition note: editorial transition comparison: add the corresponding training / projects according to the target position, with no distance level or success probability given. This page does not quantify transition distance or success probability, and target position qualifications, authorization, and training must be checked separately.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Visual expression and image and layout foundation
Needs to be supplemented：Needs added capability in independent artistic creation and work context and exhibition; transition note: editorial transition comparison: add the corresponding training / projects according to the target position, with no distance level or success probability given. This page does not quantify transition distance or success probability, and target position qualifications, authorization, and training must be checked separately.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Drawing and material and project coordination experience
Needs to be supplemented：Needs added capability in space function and materials and building and fire safety and accessibility codes; transition note: editorial transition comparison: add the corresponding training / projects according to the target position, with no distance level or success probability given. This page does not quantify transition distance or success probability, and target position qualifications, authorization, and training must be checked separately.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Image and layout and software foundation
Needs to be supplemented：Needs added capability in modeling and rigging and animation and compositing and rendering pipelines; transition note: editorial transition comparison: add the corresponding training / projects according to the target position, with no distance level or success probability given. This page does not quantify transition distance or success probability, and target position qualifications, authorization, and training must be checked separately.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Layout and visual and material experience
Needs to be supplemented：Needs added capability in spatial narrative and exhibition and fabrication and installation; transition note: editorial transition comparison: add the corresponding training / projects according to the target position, with no distance level or success probability given. This page does not quantify transition distance or success probability, and target position qualifications, authorization, and training must be checked separately.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Visual and interface and collaboration experience
Needs to be supplemented：Needs added capability in gameplay and levels and balancing and prototypes and engine implementation; transition note: editorial transition comparison: add the corresponding training / projects according to the target position, with no distance level or success probability given. This page does not quantify transition distance or success probability, and target position qualifications, authorization, and training must be checked separately.
View occupation detailsTransferable：Interface and layout and componentization experience
Needs to be supplemented：Needs added capability in user research and interaction and design systems and usability and front-end collaboration; transition note: editorial transition comparison: add the corresponding training / projects according to the target position, with no distance level or success probability given. This page does not quantify transition distance or success probability, and target position qualifications, authorization, and training must be checked separately.
View occupation detailsKey difference: this occupation takes the brief and layout and graphics and images as its object, completes concept and layout and typography and color and image design and prepress and format and color preparation, and is responsible for specification and authorization and delivery; other positions center on creative direction decisions, interfaces and interaction and usability, products and manufacturing feasibility, space and materials and codes, and game mechanics and experience respectively, and usually have more specialized methods and norms and tools and authorization requirements, and do not bear primary responsibility for print layout and prepress specifications and material authorization (but must collaborate with the design position and clearly define boundaries).
2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay. BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. O*NET still shows the prior 2024—2034 values of 265,900 / growth 1%—2% / 20,000, which are not used as current values.
Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists. China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
O*NET57 work context: sitting 79% continually, strict time limits 70% daily, competition 42% extremely high and 53% very high; email 90% daily, team 67% extremely important, precision 56% extremely important. Weekly hours 55% over 40 and 45% exactly 40, fixed 65% / not fixed 35%; automation 11% moderate, 28% mild, 56% none at all, not generative AI exposure. Category response is not an incident rate or the same condition for everyone.
The current BLS OOH projection states that AI and other automatic design tools will raise productivity and reduce labor demand, while digital display still requires layout and brand design; this is a U.S. occupational projection explanation, not a measured efficiency gain or an individual substitution outcome. Insufficient evidence: no quantified generative AI exposure level, actual adoption / substitution rate, or income causality for this precise occupation has been obtained; no precise cross-mapping between this SOC and the ILO2025 study's ISCO has been established, and it is not asserted that the study does not cover it.
The U.S. O*NET new hire education requirements questionnaire is 65% bachelor's, 15% high school equivalent, and 10% master's, which is not the distribution of credentials held by workers. Job Zone4/SVP7 to under 8 is a general preparation description, not a uniform four-year term; the BLS2025 precise line is typically entry with a bachelor's degree, no relevant experience, and no on-the-job training, which does not exclude specific internships or employer training. Chinese requirements must be checked against the target position.
The 13 related certification items in the catalogue do not equal a uniform license; China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
Editorial risk scenarios: basis of material use, prepress specifications, legibility, approval and client information, revision scope, and supplier delivery; these are failure possibilities and check suggestions, not estimated occurrence rates. China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. O*NET still shows the prior 2024—2034 values of 265,900 / growth 1%—2% / 20,000, which are not used as current values. The transition comparison is editorial advice, with no distance or success probability.
This round read item by item the 19 tasks, the work context, the education, and the 35 software advertising items; verified the 2025 national wages, the four industry medians, and the BLS2025—2035 projection, with the copyright and contrast bases checked separately.
Source card | this round, on 2026-10-03, verified O*NET precise tasks, work context, education requirements, and the 2025 national wages and job posting software; the current employment projection prioritizes BLS2025—2035, and the O*NET prior period is noted only for version differences. The industry wages are the four 2025 OOH industries, and the CIA item is a single official U.S. announcement; Chinese copyright, trademark, advertising, and accessibility are checked against the specific activity scope.
The 25 stable sources are checked against their registered actual use: O*NET occupation / software / education / catalogue, BLS wages and projections, NBS aggregates, related copyright and other legal sources, ILO task exposure, NIST general governance, and the CIA single announcement; no claim is made that unread old portals or SOC files prove the mapping.
Usage limitations：An occupation-level description that does not cover the copyright and trademark and advertising and accessibility management regimes of mainland China.
Usage limitations：27-1024.00 designs graphics for specific commercial or promotional needs, possibly using multiple media to create artistic or decorative effects. The 19 tasks include 17 core and 2 supplementary: negotiating layouts, researching illustrations, developing draft concepts, selecting fonts, producing graphics, proofreading final layouts, preparing print files, and so on; importance is not adoption rate or legal authority, and brand compliance and release checking are editorial process advice.
Usage limitations：2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay.
Usage limitations：Insufficient evidence: the NBS2025 urban unit wage industry and five-category position aggregates have been read, but no precise mapping of 27-1024.00 to a Chinese classification, national occupational wage percentiles, or employment scale has been obtained; the old MOHRSS links were not read as body text and are only search leads. No industry average, advertised rate, or U.S. figure is substituted, and it is not asserted that no national data exists.
Usage limitations：Body text not read, which does not support a conclusion that no national data exists.
Usage limitations：Check by use / minimum necessity / lawful basis for processing, and do not automatically treat all client information as personal information.
Usage limitations：The current BLS OOH projection states that AI and other automatic design tools will raise productivity and reduce labor demand, while digital display still requires layout and brand design; this is a U.S. occupational projection explanation, not a measured efficiency gain or an individual substitution outcome. Insufficient evidence: no quantified generative AI exposure level, actual adoption / substitution rate, or income causality for this precise occupation has been obtained; no precise cross-mapping between this SOC and the ILO2025 study's ISCO has been established, and it is not asserted that the study does not cover it.
Usage limitations：An occupation-level description, not used for individual prediction.
Usage limitations：Not a copyright or advertising or accessibility standard.
Usage limitations：2025 U.S. national 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile annual wages for this occupation 27-1024 are 39,520/49,040/62,960/81,830/104,910 U.S. dollars, hourly 19.00/23.58/30.27/39.34/50.44 U.S. dollars. OEWS includes production bonuses and commissions, and excludes non-production bonuses, overtime premiums, shift differentials, benefits, and self-employment; percentiles are not starting pay, seniority, or an individual's take-home pay.
Usage limitations：The hot page has 35 software items, Illustrator62%, Photoshop61%, InDesign49%, CreativeCloud47%, Figma11%, HTML8%, CSS5%; these are the mention proportions in 2025 full-year U.S. Lightcast occupation-related unique job postings, not actual use or AI adoption. The detailed software page has 27 categories counted separately, which is not 35 categories or a uniform skills threshold.
Usage limitations：Verified official single announcement | CIA Graphic Designer, USAJOBS880142800/26-13034076, Washington DC, the page marked Accepting applications on 2026-10-03; no opening or closing date is shown and none may be invented. Annual salary 63,940—158,322 U.S. dollars, GS8—13, full-time permanent, not remote / not telework; requires U.S. citizenship, age 18, and relocation conditions, plus background / medical and psychological checks; a bachelor's degree in a related field, an Adobe tools and typography grid white space color portfolio, with GPA3.0 preferred and possible exceptions, and possible night and weekend shifts. A single U.S. employer only; the 1084 job series is not proof of a SOC mapping and is not used as a representative wage or uniform admission; this displays the announcement, applications go to the CIA separately, and the current status does not guarantee that an individual will be hired.
Usage limitations：13 related certification items in the catalogue, not a uniform license / institutional approval or required for all directions.
Usage limitations：The U.S. O*NET new hire education requirements questionnaire is 65% bachelor's, 15% high school equivalent, and 10% master's, which is not the distribution of credentials held by workers. Job Zone4/SVP7 to under 8 is a general preparation description, not a uniform four-year term; the BLS2025 precise line is typically entry with a bachelor's degree, no relevant experience, and no on-the-job training, which does not exclude specific internships or employer training. Chinese requirements must be checked against the target position.
Usage limitations：This occupation 27-1024, including self-employment and replacements; not actual hiring or individual outcomes.
Usage limitations：An adjacent occupation's scope, which is not the same as this occupation.
Usage limitations：The hot page has 35 software items, Illustrator62%, Photoshop61%, InDesign49%, CreativeCloud47%, Figma11%, HTML8%, CSS5%; these are the mention proportions in 2025 full-year U.S. Lightcast occupation-related unique job postings, not actual use or AI adoption. The detailed software page has 27 categories counted separately, which is not 35 categories or a uniform skills threshold.
Usage limitations：The object comparison is an editorial note, with no inference about distance or qualification.
Usage limitations：Specialized design 63,780 / information 62,970 / advertising and public relations 61,200 / printing 47,120 U.S. dollars per year; not all occupations in the industry or a Chinese average.
Usage limitations：An occupation-level description that does not equal institutional authorization or copyright and advertising and accessibility conclusions.
Usage limitations：Editorial ratings use the existing occupational responsibilities and AI task analysis on this page. They are not adoption rates, measured effects, job-disappearance or personal-unemployment probabilities, or official scores from Stanford or another external institution. No measured time weights or future robot deployment are assumed.
Precise Chinese occupational classification and wage employment, occupational AI adoption / substitution / income causality, and this site's assessment validity have still not been obtained; this round checked the national, California, and four-industry wages separately, and no Chinese or individual wage is substituted. The precise ILO mapping has not been established.
Big Five (English) · MBTI (English) · IQ (Chinese) · Big Five (Chinese)
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| Core purpose | Core purpose of this occupation | taking the brief and audience and layout and graphics and images and delivery specifications as its object, complete design work within brand standards and authorization and specification requirements: check the brief and use, develop concepts and layouts, produce graphics and images, revise and obtain approval, prepare prepress and format and color, and deliver and archive, so that results meet specification and authorization and accessibility requirements, and version and authorization records are traceable and boundaries can be explained. | Core concept of adjacent positions | most positions in the same group and adjacent positions aim to turn creativity and content into deliverable visual or spatial or interactive results that meet specification and authorization requirements, differing in object and output and authorization level: some take print layout and brand application as their object, others take interfaces and interaction or products and space or games or pure art or special effects animation as their object. |
| Main object and basis | Main object and basis of this occupation | taking the design brief and brand standards and target audience and channel and use, layout and grid and visual hierarchy and typography and color and images and icons, print and screen specifications and color management and accessibility, materials and fonts and trademarks and copyright and licensing scope, and file and version and delivery and archiving norms as its object, based on design and brand standards and printing and digital publishing and copyright and advertising and accessibility requirements and institutional design and quality systems. | Main object and basis of adjacent positions | Art Directors rely on brand strategy and creative direction and team and budget; Web and Digital Interface Designers rely on interface specifications and interaction and usability and front-end implementation; Commercial and Industrial Designers rely on product requirements and industrial design and manufacturing processes; Interior Designers rely on space function and materials and building codes; Video Game Designers rely on game mechanics and player experience and engine implementation; Fine Artists rely on personal artistic expression and the context of the work; Special Effects Artists and Animators rely on animation and special effects craft and software pipelines; Set and Exhibit Designers rely on stage and exhibit space and production conditions. |
| Core process | Core process of this occupation | brief and audience and use check, concept and layout and typography and image design, revision and review and approval, prepress and format and color and specification preparation, delivery and archiving and version management, and retrospective and material and tool library update; every step must be documented according to design and brand and authorization and quality systems and must be reviewable by superiors and clients and legal. | Core process of adjacent positions | Art Directors focus on creative direction and team and client and budget decisions; Web and Digital Interface Designers focus on user research prototypes and interface design and design systems and implementation collaboration; Commercial and Industrial Designers focus on product concepts and engineering and manufacturing and prototypes; Interior Designers focus on measurement and schemes and materials and codes and construction coordination; Video Game Designers focus on mechanics and levels and balancing and experience iteration; Fine Artists focus on personal creation and exhibitions; Special Effects Artists and Animators focus on modeling and rigging and animation and compositing and rendering; Set and Exhibit Designers focus on drawings and models and fabrication and installation. |
| Main output | Main output of this occupation | layouts and graphics and images and delivery files that meet specification and brand and authorization requirements, source files and exported files and specification and color and accessibility notes, material and font and icon authorization and source records, version and revision and approval and delivery and archiving records, and traceable client and project and confidentiality records. | Main output of adjacent positions | Art Directors produce creative direction and proposals and team and budget decisions; Web and Digital Interface Designers produce prototypes and interface specifications and design systems and delivery notes; Commercial and Industrial Designers produce product concepts and engineering drawings and prototypes; Interior Designers produce space schemes and materials and construction drawings; Video Game Designers produce mechanics and levels and balancing design documents; Fine Artists produce artworks and exhibitions; Special Effects Artists and Animators produce animation and special effects shots and assets; Set and Exhibit Designers produce set and exhibit schemes and fabrication drawings. |
| Responsible party | This occupation is responsible for the concepts and layouts and graphics and files and delivery notes it completes, and for work completed and verified according to the brief and brand standards and specification and authorization requirements; matters involving brand strategy decisions, legal and copyright and trademark opinions, accessibility compliance certification, and advertising compliance conclusions are decided by positions or institutions with the corresponding qualifications according to the system, and this occupation does not replace their decisions. | Responsible parties for adjacent positions | responsibility for positions in the same group and adjacent positions is usually defined by the institution and brand standards and authorization and contract, and the responsibility objects are mostly brand image and consumers and copyright and compliance and project delivery. |
| Authority and approval | Authority and approval of this occupation | concepts and layouts and visual direction and selection of materials and fonts must be within the brief and brand standards and authorization scope; external release and placement and print delivery must be approved by the client or brand owner and the relevant positions; matters involving trademarks and copyright and likeness and personal information and advertising compliance and accessibility must be checked and referred according to the system; you must not commit on behalf of the brand beyond your authority or use unauthorized materials, and you must not disclose unpublished project information without authorization. | Authority and approval of adjacent positions | the authority of positions in the same group and adjacent positions comes from institutional authorization and brand and contract and qualification and systems, and usually does not include the authority to decide on conclusions and signatures and external release beyond one's own authorization or scope; matters involving brand and legal and copyright and accessibility and personal information and client confidentiality should be referred to the corresponding position or institution. |
| Conclusion boundary | Conclusion boundary of this occupation | design notes state only verifiable brief and standard and specification and authorization and version facts, and distinguish design judgment from compliance judgment and legal opinions; no unauthorized judgment or commitment may be made on matters beyond your authority (copyright and trademark ownership, advertising compliance, accessibility compliance certification, brand strategy decisions); when material or font authorization is unclear, or there is trademark or copyright risk, or specification or color or accessibility does not meet requirements, or versions and records are inconsistent, you must pause and escalate or refer, and the conclusion must withstand review by superiors and clients and legal and the brand owner. | Conclusion boundary of adjacent positions | the conclusions of positions in the same group and adjacent positions are mostly limited to this project and this duty level and usually do not constitute a determination of legal compliance or trademark ownership or accessibility compliance; cross-disciplinary conclusions and those involving copyright and legal and advertising and accessibility have scope limits. |
Check point note | this occupation often involves long screen sessions and multiple rounds of revision and deadline pressure and subjective client evaluation, and usually requires clarifying in advance the portfolio and probation output and copyright and confidentiality arrangements and settlement method.
The U.S. O*NET new hire education requirements questionnaire is 65% bachelor's, 15% high school equivalent, and 10% master's, which is not the distribution of credentials held by workers. Job Zone4/SVP7 to under 8 is a general preparation description, not a uniform four-year term; the BLS2025 precise line is typically entry with a bachelor's degree, no relevant experience, and no on-the-job training, which does not exclude specific internships or employer training. Chinese requirements must be checked against the target position.
Check point note | this occupation is mainly screen-based design and collaboration and multiple rounds of revision (email 90% report daily, sitting 79% report continually or almost continually, time pressure 70% report daily), and deadlines and peak season and launch dates may concentrate overtime; pay usually consists of base salary plus project performance and bonuses, freelancers are paid by project, and the scope of working hours and overtime and project settlement and pay and intellectual property ownership must be confirmed in writing.
Check point note | the interface relationships with brand and marketing and copy and development and printing and legal determine the design direction and specifications and release and responsibility boundaries, and must be clarified in advance.
Check point note | the traceability and documentation requirements for the brief and concept and layout and revision and approval and specification and material authorization and version and delivery and archiving records determine quality and authorization and responsibility definition, and the norms for templates and naming and time limits and revision and archiving and permissions and retention periods must be clarified in advance (materials that are controlled or involve trade secrets or involve clients and unpublished trademarks and personal information must also be managed under confidentiality and minimum necessity requirements).
The work context (percentage response scope) shows email 90% reporting daily, sitting 79% reporting continually or almost continually, time pressure 70% reporting daily, working in a controlled indoor environment 74% reporting daily, working in a team or contributing 67% reporting extremely important, importance of being exact or highly accurate 56% reporting extremely important, and level of competition 42% reporting extremely competitive and 53% reporting highly competitive.
Interest and work context data are only for self-questioning and do not constitute hiring or performance conclusions.
Layout and brand consistency and specification and authorization judgments rely on professional knowledge and experience and norms, while digital tools are used for design production and material and version and delivery management.
External release and print delivery and brand use authority are governed by institutional and client authorization and brand standards, and tools and software do not create authority.
Reference calculation: the bleed frame is 154×216 mm; the safe area is 138×200 mm, column width (138−6)/2=66 mm; the digital safe area is 960×1230 px, column width (960−40)/2=460 px. 800÷(80/25.4)=254 ppi, the same at equal height; 300 ppi requires at least 945×709 px. Option A 0.95/0.15≈6.333 passes, option B 0.95/0.35≈2.714 does not; the threshold comparison uses unrounded values.
Reference determination: the formal simulated draft uses A; B's license does not cover commercial release, C's license is blank and is not used for the formal draft, and handwriting may be used instead; change the V2 date to October 10 and keep V1, record the 20-minute deadline overrun truthfully, the blank approval remains to be confirmed, and no external release is made.
Reference handover (write about 200 characters yourself): this draft serves adult readers and prioritizes the title and the event time; the two channels are laid out separately, with the safe area marked. The calculation results are in the annex, the low-resolution image and option B do not enter the delivery, and original sketches and handwriting are used. The V1 date error has been corrected in V2, keeping the original draft and the true record; the draft is 20 minutes late, the approval is unconfirmed, and no public release is made. The outstanding items are actual client confirmation, real material licensing, and the specific standards of the printer / digital channel.
The self-check marks each of the six inputs as completed / pending check / not applicable; if someone else re-checks, their original comments may be attached, but independent completion does not require finding a mentor.
Record the attempt time and errors, and mark the portfolio display as simulated, not written as a real client project.
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| Layout and font and color and image and prepress and file and record statements |
| Design drafts and specification and delivery list and authorization registration results |
| The practical test does not equal the ability to independently take responsibility for the brand and external release |
| Onboarding and probation | Compliance with brand and design standards and authorization and confidentiality and record management rules | Design drafts and specification and authorization and release and training and escalation form records | Duties and authority are governed by the institution and the position assignment and assessment |
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Self-check and record the actual time spent, the differences, and the pending status; no real client, mentor, or software is needed.
Self-check and record the actual time spent, the differences, and the pending status; no real client, mentor, or software is needed.
| Skills training in layout and font and color and image and prepress and digital delivery | All positions | Meets routine design production and delivery requirements | Universally required | Train in coursework and projects and internships and pass portfolio review | Check against the actual course, project, or certification conditions; no uniform required duration has been obtained on this page. | Skills do not automatically confer authority for trademark and advertising and accessibility compliance conclusions |
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| Understanding of brand and marketing and users and accessibility and front-end collaboration | Most positions | Meets brief comprehension and collaboration and accessibility requirements | Required for most positions | Accumulate in project and collaboration practice and accept review | Check against the actual course, project, or certification conditions; no uniform required duration has been obtained on this page. | Not equivalent to brand strategy decisions or legal opinions |
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| Industry certifications (such as Adobe Certified Associate and Adobe professional-level certification and Digital Imaging - Certified Digital Designer and Certified in Engineering Graphics) | Some institutions and positions | Proof of software proficiency or professional level | According to position and institutional requirements | Pass the corresponding certification and maintain its validity | Adobe's publisher notes for Illustrator typically call for about 150 hours of operation and study; this is not a mandatory pre-exam duration and does not apply to all certifications. https://certifiedprofessional.adobe.com/illustrator | Certification is not equivalent to institutional authorization or legal and accessibility compliance conclusions |
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| Portfolio and case notes | All positions | Proof of design ability and direction and delivery experience | Universally required (the main basis for job seeking and cooperation) | Complete several publicly shareable full projects and organize cases and process notes | Check against the actual course, project, or certification conditions; no uniform required duration has been obtained on this page. | The portfolio must comply with the original client's confidentiality and authorization arrangements and must not be made public without authorization |
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| Intellectual property and confidentiality and compliance awareness training | Positions involving brand and authorization and client data | A prerequisite for obtaining authorization to handle materials and brand and client information | Required according to position | Complete copyright and trademark and confidentiality and compliance training and obtain authorization | Check against the actual course, project, or certification conditions; no uniform required duration has been obtained on this page. | Subject to the requirements of the institution and the competent authority |
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Qualification boundary (four) | this page provides no personal ability or compensation promise, and does not constitute any design, brand, advertising, copyright, font licensing, accessibility, or investment advice.
Typical duties：Take on delivery quality and methods and templates and material libraries and production collaboration and personnel mentoring and technical review.
Promotion evidence：Technical audit and quality and mentoring and improvement records.
Qualification boundary：Corresponding position authorization; method audit and mentoring records.
Next steps：Learn color management and printing processes and digital delivery and quality improvement methods.
Typical duties：Coordinate delivery methods and quality and production and suppliers and training and countersigning, handle complex and disputed matters, and guide newcomers.
Promotion evidence：Coordination conclusions; delivery and production and supplier and training documents.
Qualification boundary：Corresponding management appointment or institutional authorization.
Next steps：Improve the delivery system and production collaboration and supplier and training mechanisms.
Typical duties：Take on authorization and trademark and advertising and accessibility and privacy governance and training and system implementation and mentoring and release boundary control.
Promotion evidence：Compliance audit and governance and mentoring and training records.
Qualification boundary：Corresponding position authorization; audit and mentoring records.
Next steps：Learn intellectual property and advertising and accessibility and data protection systems and compliance management methods.
Typical duties：Coordinate authorization and compliance and release and training and countersigning, handle complex and disputed matters, and guide newcomers.
Promotion evidence：Coordination conclusions; authorization and compliance and release and training documents.
Qualification boundary：Corresponding management appointment or institutional authorization.
Next steps：Improve the management mechanisms for authorization and compliance and release and training.
Usage limitations：BLS current 2025—2035 employment for the precise occupation 27-1024 goes from 253.1→248.8 thousand, a change of -1.7%, a net change of -4.2 thousand, and an average of 16.0 thousand annual openings from replacements. Each figure is rounded independently, and net change cannot be replaced by the endpoint difference; EP includes self-employment (20.5% in 2025) and differs from OEWS wages. The OOH whole number shows a decline of 2%; projections are not actual hiring or individual outcomes. O*NET still shows the prior 2024—2034 values of 265,900 / growth 1%—2% / 20,000, which are not used as current values.
Usage limitations：China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
Usage limitations：China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
Usage limitations：China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
Usage limitations：China is checked by activity: Articles 18 (works for hire), 19 (commissioned ownership per contract, and absent agreement it belongs to the commissioned party), 24 (limited exceptions), 26 (licensing), and 29 (rights not expressly licensed may not be exercised without authorization) of the Copyright Law; whether fonts / graphics constitute works and the scope of licensing must be checked specifically, and no material is presumed authorized or unauthorized based on its name. Articles 43 (licensing), 48 (use to identify the source of goods), and 57 (specific infringement conditions) of the Trademark Law; Articles 2 (scope of commercial advertising), 4 (truthfulness), and 9 (prohibited circumstances) of the Advertising Law, and not all visual works can be treated as commercial advertising. Article 31 (encouragement of accessible publishing formats) and Article 32 (gradual compliance for financial websites and others, separated from encouragement for other websites) of the Accessibility Law; WCAG requires 4.5:1 for ordinary web page text and 3:1 for large text and exceptions, which is not a uniform legal threshold for all printed materials. The PIPL is checked by identifiable personal information and use and minimum necessity, and an ordinary fictional number is not automatically personal information.
