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SOC 27-1025
Interior designers plan, design, and furnish the interiors of rooms or buildings; design practical, aesthetic interior environments or physical layouts suited to their intended use; and may specialize in a field, style, or design phase. Work includes confirming needs and budget, checking codes and safety requirements, planning spaces and furniture, selecting materials and colors, preparing construction drawings and details, and briefing and acceptance. U.S. wages and employment use the precise O*NET / BLS 27-1025.00 occupational category (2025 median annual pay of $67,190; approximately 97,100 employed in 2025, 3% growth for 2025—2035, and approximately 7,700 average annual openings). Exact occupational wages for mainland China were not obtained and are recorded as a visible evidence gap.
Model impact index for three equally weighted representative core tasks; not a measured share of working time or a job-loss probability. floor((75+75+0)/3+0.5)=50; fermatmind-ai-impact-v1; 2026-10-18.
Taking responsibility for judgments | Fit depends on whether you can do three things within the same assignment: produce sound plans and documents (confirm needs, budget, and use with clients, plan spaces and layouts, select materials and colors, prepare construction drawings and details, brief contractors and participate in acceptance, and produce reviewable design documents); manage codes and safety (follow standards and regulations for fire protection and evacuation, accessibility and safety protection, structural and building services interfaces, and material performance and environmental requirements); and accept clearly defined job responsibilities (take responsibility for your plans and their basis, and seek guidance or refer structural alterations, load-bearing and building services changes, and statutory signing and sealing matters beyond your authority). Test this through a verifiable exercise, such as preparing floor plans and material explanations for an entirely fictional space and constraints, rather than relying only on an interest questionnaire.
Caution signals | This page corresponds to O*NET-SOC 27-1025.00, Interior Designers. The official scope is to plan, design, and furnish the interiors of rooms or buildings; design practical, aesthetic interior environments or physical layouts suited to their intended use; and possibly specialize in a field, style, or design phase. Core deliverables are implementable, buildable space plans and documents that can be inspected for acceptance, rather than attractive renderings alone. Risks arise from fire and safety codes, accessibility and personal safety requirements, structural and building services interfaces, material and procurement responsibilities, and budget and schedule deviations. U.S. wages and employment use the precise O*NET / BLS 27-1025.00 occupation (median annual pay of $67,190; approximately 97,100 employed in 2025, 3% growth for 2025—2035, and approximately 7,700 average annual openings). Exact occupational wages for mainland China were not obtained and are recorded as a visible evidence gap. If coordinating multiple parties, repeated revisions, and budget pressure are difficult for you to tolerate, treat them as practical costs requiring serious consideration.
Interior designers correspond to O*NET-SOC 27-1025.00, Interior Designers. The official scope is to plan, design, and furnish the interiors of rooms or buildings; design practical, aesthetic interior environments or physical layouts suited to their intended use; and possibly specialize in a particular field, style, or design phase. A typical complete workflow is to confirm needs and budget, check codes and safety requirements, plan spaces and furniture, select materials and colors, prepare construction drawings and details, and brief contractors and participate in acceptance. Current U.S. national pay: a 2025 median of $67,190 per year; employment of 97,100 in 2025, 3% growth for 2025—2035, and 7,700 average annual openings (an overall projection, not attributed to AI). The exact occupational wage gap for China remains; industry averages are broad references only.
Career direction comparison
Compare core outputs, responsibility boundaries, and working patterns; do not interchange roles based on names.
| Career direction | Core work and output | Key differences | Best-fit choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architects | Architecture | Core outputs are the spatial, structural, and environmental design of the whole building, with statutory signing and sealing responsibility. This occupation focuses on interior spaces and functions; practice and signing scope differ, and shared drawing conventions do not imply identical responsibilities. | Core outputs are whole-building design and statutory signing and sealing responsibility. | Compare if you wish to take responsibility for whole buildings and signing and sealing. |
| Landscape Architects | Landscape architecture | Core outputs are outdoor site and landscape designs. This occupation focuses on interiors; site conditions and code requirements differ, so roles cannot be interchanged based only on titles. |
AI impact on this career
Direct answer | Generative AI can assist with concept and rendering drafts, organizing material and product information, comparing color and layout options, and drafting drawings and lists. People remain responsible for compliance with fire and accessibility codes and other requirements, structural and building services interface coordination, material and cost authenticity, and site briefing and acceptance judgments. Task exposure does not mean job replacement or widespread adoption; formal use requires authorization, human review, and an audit trail. This page provides no replacement probability or timetable. AI Impact Score 50% 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((75+75+0)/3+0.5)=50; 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
Chinese mainland salary reference
Broad reference | Space planning, CAD documentation, and professional coordination duties relate to scientific research and technical services. National Bureau of Statistics Tables 2 / 5: average annual wages of employees in urban scientific research and technical service entities in China in 2025 were CNY 182,064 in non-private entities and CNY 83,560 in private entities. These figures are not this occupation's wage range, median, or take-home income. Source: https://www.stats.gov.cn/zwfwck/sjfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html.
Insufficient evidence: this round did not establish a national single-occupation wage distribution for interior designers in mainland China. No national monthly salary, starting salary, or industry-average substitute is provided; this page does not fill the gap with recruitment platform data, industry average wages, or U.S. data.
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U.S. salary reference
U.S. wages in 2025 | Annual wages at the 10 / 25 / 50 / 75 / 90 percentiles were $41,420 / 51,840 / 67,190 / 85,740 / 114,140 respectively, with a median of $67,190 per year. Percentiles are neither minimum wages nor experience levels; the data do not represent individual take-home income.
| Percentile | Annual reference | Monthly equivalent | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower percentiles | $41,420 per year | — | 2025 U.S. national wage percentiles; not individual quotes or experience levels. |
Fit signals
Direct answer | Fit signals include breaking down problems involving spaces, materials, and codes, tolerating repeated revisions, accurately recording grounds and versions, and escalating uncertainty or matters beyond authority. Personality labels do not establish fit. Interest and personality tools can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility, authorization, or performance.
Positive signals： Positive signals | You can follow procedures to confirm needs, plan spaces and furniture, select materials and colors, and detail drawings and construction details; check code references and material versions and identify interface conflicts; and preserve reviewable process records and give accurate briefings.
Caution conditions： Caution conditions | Risk signals include sacrificing codes and safety for appearance, skipping interfaces and drawing detailing, making schedule or cost commitments beyond authority, proceeding with inconsistent materials and versions, and treating AI renderings as buildable plans. If coordinating multiple parties, repeated revisions, and budget pressure are difficult for you to tolerate, treat them as practical costs requiring serious consideration.
Trial actions：
Risks and boundaries
Risks must be handled through their triggers, consequences, controls, and escalation boundaries.
Risk scenarios are editorial analyses based on occupational tasks; sources support task context, not accident rates or statutory permission. Check local rules for specific qualifications and authorization.
Typical scenario：Fire and evacuation, accessibility, safety protection, or other requirements unmet at the design stage.
Roles most affected：Interior Designers
Possible consequence：May cause failed acceptance, rework, or even personal safety risks.
Entry paths
Entry preparation | BLS typically specifies a bachelor's degree, studying interior design, drawing, and CAD. O*NET84% bachelor's degree, 4% some college without a degree, and 4% associate degree describe respondents' information. U.S. states differ in title protection, practice restrictions, and registration requirements; separately check local rules, project discipline interfaces, and employer authorization. Do not treat a certificate as a universal license or authority for structural alterations. Source: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/interior-designers.htm.
Market signals
Overall U.S. employment projection, not attributed to AI | O*NET 27-1025.00: employment of 97,100 in 2025, 3% growth for 2025—2035, and 7,700 projected average annual openings (including growth and replacement needs). Insufficient evidence: a national employment projection and a standardized recruitment sample for this occupation in China were not obtained; these figures cannot be converted into individual hiring probabilities.
Source coverage · Interior Designers
Overall U.S. employment projection, not attributed to AI | O*NET 27-1025.00: employment of 97,100 in 2025, 3% growth for 2025—2035, and 7,700 projected average annual openings (including growth and replacement needs). Insufficient evidence: a national employment projection and a standardized recruitment sample for this occupation in China were not obtained; these figures cannot be converted into individual hiring probabilities.
Market signals
Recruitment samples, employment size, and openings must be interpreted separately.
Work in O*NET 27-1025.00 primarily involves desk-based drawing and communication with multiple parties: email daily, 96%; telephone conversations daily, 88%; face-to-face discussions daily, 79%; constant contact with others, 72%; working with others extremely important, 67%; indoors in a controlled environment daily, 78%; sitting more than half the time, 60%; workweeks exceeding 40 hours, 52%; and very high competition, 42%.
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.
Fit signals | Work activities in O*NET 27-1025.00 primarily involve creative thinking, making decisions and solving problems, establishing and maintaining relationships, obtaining information, and using computers. If you are willing to continually communicate and iterate around spaces, materials, and codes, document grounds and versions accurately, and adapt to repeated revisions, these daily requirements may align with your working style. Interest and personality tools are only for designing trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
This is a work sample check, not a personality diagnosis or hiring conclusion.
To assess whether interior design suits you, first conduct a verifiable exercise using public or simulated materials: create an entirely fictional interior space and usage needs, and outline the process from confirming client needs and budget, checking fire, safety, and accessibility requirements, planning spaces and furniture, selecting materials and colors, and drawing plans, elevations, and details to contractor briefing and acceptance points. Mark checks and possible problems at each step (conflicting needs and budget, unmet fire or accessibility requirements, uncoordinated structural and building services interfaces, inconsistent material specifications and versions, and schedule or cost commitments beyond authority). Afterwards, check whether code references, interface coordination, material versions, and acceptance points are indispensable; structural or system changes beyond your authority are referred or submitted for guidance; and the process leaves reviewable records. All materials must be fictional; do not use real projects, clients, or drawings.
The first checks concern the objects (interior spaces and usage needs, code requirements, and materials, furniture and equipment), inputs (client needs and budget, code references and versions, material specifications and samples, and structural and building services interface conditions), and deliverables (plans, elevations and construction drawings, material and furniture specifications, cost and schedule estimates, and briefing and acceptance records). Anything unverified must remain pending verification; renderings or intuition based on experience cannot replace code references and material versions.
Assess the complete workflow in four steps: check inputs (confirm needs and budget, code references, and interface conditions) → define the task (proceed only within approved plan scope and authorization) → execute and document (complete drawings, specifications, and version trails to standard) → review and escalate (stop immediately and report code conflicts, uncoordinated interfaces, or commitments beyond authority). A complete workflow requires verifiable codes, interfaces, and versions, rather than merely attractive renderings.
| Dimension | Primary track | Comparison track |
|---|---|---|
| Complete workflow | Needs, codes, detailing, and acceptance | |
| Step one | Confirm needs and budget | |
| Step two | Check codes and safety requirements | |
| Step three | Plan spaces and furniture | |
| Step four | Select materials and colors | |
| Step five | Prepare construction drawings and details | |
| Step six | Briefing and acceptance |
Objects of work | Design within authorization and compliance boundaries, working with interior spaces and usage needs, fire and accessibility codes and other requirements, materials, furniture and equipment, and client budgets and schedules.
Checkable outputs | Reviewable space plans, floor plans and elevations, construction drawings and details, material and furniture specifications and versions, cost and schedule estimates, and briefing and acceptance records. Results must be traceable to needs, code references, and material versions.
Complete workflow | Confirm needs and budget → check codes and safety requirements → plan spaces and furniture → select materials and colors → prepare construction drawings and details → briefing and acceptance.
Professional qualifications, statutory signing and sealing, and structural alteration authority must still be verified by the specific jurisdiction, organization, or employer. Training or certificates do not automatically confer signing and sealing or system alteration authority.
The objects of interior design work and AI boundaries AI can assist with organizing records and summarizing information, but cannot replace authorized judgments or ultimate responsibility.
| Core outputs are outdoor site and landscape designs. |
| Compare if you wish to design outdoor sites. |
| Architectural and Civil Drafters | Architectural and civil drafting | Core outputs are architectural and civil drawings and detailing based on design intent. This occupation focuses on interior plans and materials; drafting roles emphasize drawing and detailing rather than design decisions. Boundaries differ and must be checked separately. | Core outputs are detailed architectural and civil drawings based on design intent. | Compare if you wish to detail drawings. |
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| Mechanical Drafters | Mechanical drafting | Core outputs are engineering drawings for mechanical components and equipment. This occupation focuses on spaces and interior design; fields and drawing standards differ substantially and cannot be applied interchangeably. | Core outputs are engineering drawings for mechanical components and equipment. | Compare if you wish to prepare mechanical engineering drawings. |
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Neighboring occupations require their own tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Next, test the direction through observable deliverables.
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.
First distinguish tasks that can be assisted from ultimate responsibility.
A technical demonstration does not establish organizational adoption.
Task exposure cannot establish when jobs will be eliminated.
| Work area | Task | Current change | Human control point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concepts and information | Client needs, materials, and color schemes | Possible assistance: concept and rendering drafts, material and product information organization, color and layout option comparison, and initial drawings and lists. These outputs can be checked afterwards, but code references, actual material specifications, and site conditions must still be revisited. | Recheck actual dimensions, material performance, and budget |
| Plans and drawings | CAD construction documents and detail development | List organization may be trialed; effects remain to be verified | Human control points: revisit code references, material specifications, and site conditions, review key judgments, and take responsibility for code compliance, interface coordination, cost commitments, and acceptance conclusions. |
| Codes and interfaces | Safety codes, ADA, and professional coordination | No automatic determination of compliance | Confirm through local codes and professional drawing reviews |
| Briefing and acceptance | Check site work against drawings | Briefing record drafts may be trialed | Site verification and signing follow contracts and authorization |
Use of evidence | O*NET 27-1025.00 supports task context; possible AI assistance and human control points are editorial analysis on this page. Overall employment projections cover 2025—2035 and are not attributed to AI; they do not supply adoption rates, replacement rates, or effects.
Differences in impact | Different steps within the same occupation may be affected differently. Visualizable steps that can be checked afterwards (concept and rendering drafts, information organization, option comparison, and initial lists) are candidates for tool trials; actual efficiency must be tested using samples from the role. Steps involving code compliance, interface coordination, cost authenticity, site briefing, and acceptance require greater human responsibility.
AI primarily changesEditorial recommendation: trial information organization; actual effects remain to be verified
Human responsibility remainsResponsibility and authorization
AI primarily changesEditorial recommendation: trial information organization; actual effects remain to be verified
Human responsibility remainsOriginal record checks
Responsibility chain | From confirming needs and codes through tool assistance, human review, plan and document signing, and briefing and acceptance, every step must have a clear responsible person and traceable evidence. Code compliance and cost commitments must not rely solely on a model.
Confirm sources, permissions, and versions.
Assist only within the known scope.
The responsible person reviews outputs.
Stop immediately and report anomalies.
Will amplify incorrect conclusions.
Control: Check original materials.
Will change responsibility boundaries.
Control: Follow the authorization chain.
May overlook exceptions.
Control: Retain human judgment.
Practice reviewable work samples.
Retain process and failure records.
Define permissions and stopping conditions first.
Task exposure cannot establish a date for job elimination; this page provides no replacement probability or timetable.
Source: Interior Designers, Occupational Outlook HandbookOriginal source ↗
No. Task exposure, organizational adoption, productivity changes, and job numbers are four distinct measurement objects; none can be inferred from another.
Source: 27-1025.00 Interior DesignersOriginal source ↗
No. People must take responsibility for code compliance, interface coordination, costs, and acceptance under authorization and contracts.
Source: Wages and Employment Trends for Interior DesignersOriginal source ↗
Turning point | Editorial judgment: tools may help improve concept and drawing draft generation, but do not change who is responsible for code compliance, interface coordination, material and cost authenticity, or site judgments. A practical approach is to build strong code understanding, drawing detailing, and communication skills first, then introduce tools into low-risk steps that can be reviewed and traced.
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A bounded search did not establish a reliable figure; this item is not a starting salary, take-home income, or individual quote.
| Job scope | Reference value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (high school / secondary vocational school) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (junior college) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (bachelor's degree) | Verify against organizational announcements | Do not use proxy figures. |
| Insufficient evidence: no reliable mapping established (other) | Verify for the specific jurisdiction | Do not use proxy figures. |
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AI and pay boundaries | Tools may be considered for information organization trials when authorized. Insufficient evidence: data on AI adoption, actual efficiency, and causal effects on pay in this occupation were not obtained; wages are not inferred from task exposure.
| Median | $67,190 per year | — | 2025 U.S. national wage percentiles; not individual quotes or experience levels. |
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| Higher percentiles | $114,140 per year | — | 2025 U.S. national wage percentiles; not individual quotes or experience levels. |
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Pay · 10th percentile：$41,420 per year；Wages and Employment Trends for Interior Designers
Pay · 25th percentile：$51,840 per year；Wages and Employment Trends for Interior Designers
Pay · Median：$67,190 per year；Wages and Employment Trends for Interior Designers
Pay · 75th percentile：$85,740 per year；Wages and Employment Trends for Interior Designers
Pay · 90th percentile：$114,140 per year；Wages and Employment Trends for Interior Designers
No.
The coverage must be checked.
Follow the source period.
They cannot be combined directly.
| Industry | Median annual wages (USD, 2025) | How to interpret |
|---|---|---|
| Architectural, engineering, and related services | $78,340 per year | 2025 U.S. median annual wages for this occupation by industry; BLS OOH Pay subtable for the precise occupation; not an industry-wide employee average or individual quote. |
| Specialized design services | $67,870 per year | 2025 U.S. median annual wages for this occupation by industry; BLS OOH Pay subtable for the precise occupation; not an industry-wide employee average or individual quote. |
| Construction | $63,330 per year | 2025 U.S. median annual wages for this occupation by industry; BLS OOH Pay subtable for the precise occupation; not an industry-wide employee average or individual quote. |
| Retail trade | $50,560 per year | 2025 U.S. median annual wages for this occupation by industry; BLS OOH Pay subtable for the precise occupation; not an industry-wide employee average or individual quote. |
Verify for the specific jurisdiction.
Verify against job responsibilities.
Do not extrapolate across regions.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
Overall employment projection for the precise U.S. occupation, not attributed to AI； does not represent a real-time recruitment sample or individual hiring probability.
Check using work samples rather than substituting labels for judgment.
Conclusion | Activity preferences align more closely with a combination of artistic creation and practical implementation (O*NET interest code AR). However, interest codes can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
Do not use it this way: This cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck using work samples rather than substituting labels for judgment.
Conclusion | This page provides no validation evidence that personality tests predict performance in this occupation. Continue checking against real tasks, responsibility boundaries, and reviewable deliverables rather than drawing conclusions from a single label.
Do not use it this way: This cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck using work samples rather than substituting labels for judgment.
Conclusion | RIASEC or personality frameworks can only help formulate questions; they cannot replace work samples, learning ability, qualifications, and actual performance evidence for this occupation. No tool conclusion constitutes a hiring, authorization, or appointment decision.
Do not use it this way: This cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck using work samples rather than substituting labels for judgment.
Continue checking against real tasks, responsibility boundaries, and reviewable deliverables.
Do not use it this way: This cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck using work samples rather than substituting labels for judgment.
Continue checking against real tasks, responsibility boundaries, and reviewable deliverables.
Do not use it this way: This cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialCheck using work samples rather than substituting labels for judgment.
Continue checking against real tasks, responsibility boundaries, and reviewable deliverables.
Do not use it this way: This cannot establish hiring, qualifications, or performance.
Start a career interest trialFits better when: Enjoy translating usage needs into appropriate spaces and circulation.
Watch for: Code and safety requirements must also be met.
Fits better when: Willing to select materials and colors based on performance and budget.
Watch for: Material performance and compliance require checking.
Fits better when: Willing to prepare construction drawings and details and check versions.
Watch for: Drawing version management directly affects acceptance.
Fits better when: Good at aligning needs between clients and professionals.
Watch for: Commitments must remain within contractual authorization.
Fits better when: Willing to check fire, accessibility, and safety provisions.
Watch for: Statutory review matters follow competent authority requirements.
Fits better when: Willing to give briefings and check site work against drawings.
Watch for: Acceptance conclusions follow contracts and policies.
Continue checking with safe work samples and responsibility boundaries.
Continue checking with safe work samples and responsibility boundaries.
Continue checking with safe work samples and responsibility boundaries.
Continue checking with safe work samples and responsibility boundaries.
Continue checking with safe work samples and responsibility boundaries.
Continue checking with safe work samples and responsibility boundaries.
Continue checking with safe work samples and responsibility boundaries.
Continue checking with safe work samples and responsibility boundaries.
How to reduce risk：Check code provisions during design and retain checklists and reference versions.
Evidence：Interior Designers, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Typical scenario：Uncoordinated interfaces with structure, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or other disciplines.
Roles most affected：Interior Designers
Possible consequence：May cause site conflicts, alterations, and uncontrolled costs.
How to reduce risk：Organize professional coordination and drawing reviews, retaining review records and versions.
Evidence：Interior Designers, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Typical scenario：Unclear material specifications, environmental or fire performance, or inconsistent quotations and lists.
Roles most affected：Interior Designers
Possible consequence：May cause quality, compliance, and cost disputes.
How to reduce risk：Check material performance data and samples, retaining written lists and quotations.
Evidence：Interior Designers, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Typical scenario：Confused drawing versions, unclear briefings, or site work inconsistent with drawings.
Roles most affected：Interior Designers
Possible consequence：May cause rework and unclear responsibility.
How to reduce risk：Document briefings, check site work against versions, and promptly clarify deviations in writing.
Evidence：Interior Designers, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Typical scenario：Skipping code checks or detailing under revision and schedule pressure.
Roles most affected：Interior Designers
Possible consequence：May cause acceptance risks and rework.
How to reduce risk：Retain checking records through the required process and confirm scope through written changes.
Evidence：Interior Designers, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Typical scenario：Continuing despite insufficient code references, interface coordination, or authorization conditions.
Roles most affected：Interior Designers
Possible consequence：May override statutory reviews, professional opinions, or contractual authorization.
How to reduce risk：First stop the relevant step and hand over facts, impacts, and unresolved issues to an authorized responsible person.
Evidence：Interior Designers, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Typical scope：Responsibilities by stage | At entry and trial stages, develop plans and prepare drawings under supervision. At later stages, independently coordinate with clients and professionals within job authorization, taking responsibility for grounds, versions, and briefings.
Readiness evidence：Reviewable evidence | Demonstrate ability with an entirely fictional space and constraints: plans and elevations, furniture layouts, material and color explanations, code checklists, and briefing and acceptance points. Do not use real projects, clients, or drawings; state the basis and assumptions.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Next action | Complete and review a fictional spatial design plan and document package. Ask an experienced person to challenge your code checks, interface coordination, and integrity in costing, then use the feedback to decide whether to invest further in this direction. Demonstrate ability through observable deliverables rather than course names.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Transfer paths | Before changing careers, list transferable skills (space and material understanding, drafting and software, code and safety checks, client communication and project management, and documentation and briefings), then specify the tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility required for the new role. Moving into architecture, landscape architecture, drafting and detailing, or art direction requires the corresponding practice, professional, or management evidence.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Confirm sources, permissions, and versions.
Observe stopping and escalation conditions.
Create reviewable records.
Expand within the authorized scope.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as an individual employment guarantee.
Source coverage · Interior Designers
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Market signals
Recruitment samples, employment size, and openings must be interpreted separately.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as an individual employment guarantee.
Source coverage · Interior Designers
No reliable figure currently available
Market signals
Recruitment samples, employment size, and openings must be interpreted separately.
Does not establish：Cannot serve as an individual employment guarantee.
These are capability relationships, not automatic promotions or credential waivers.
Transfers：Transferable skills | Shared foundations in related directions include space and material understanding, drafting and design software, code and safety checks, client communication and coordination with multiple parties, and documentation and briefings. Each path still requires the tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility corresponding to its new outputs and obligations.
Build next：Skill gaps | Moving into neighboring fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, architectural and civil drafting, mechanical drafting, or art direction requires the corresponding professional qualifications, specialized design, drawing detailing, or creative management evidence. Proximity supports comparison of directions; it does not mean automatic job transfer or mutual recognition of qualifications.
View career profileTransfers：Spatial and design fundamentals and drafting ability
Build next：Outdoor site, landscape, and ecological design
View career profileTransfers：Drafting and drawing detailing
Build next：Architectural and civil drafting standards and collaboration
View career profileTransfers：Engineering drawing and software
Build next：Mechanical engineering drawing and tolerance standards
View career profileTransfers：Aesthetic and visual expression ability
Build next：Creative direction and team management
View career profileTransfers：Building space and code fundamentals
Build next：Whole-building design and statutory signing and sealing
View career profileThis occupation handles interior space planning, material and furniture selection, drawing detailing, briefings, and acceptance. Architects handle whole-building design and statutory signing and sealing; landscape architects handle outdoor sites and landscapes; architectural and civil drafters detail drawings according to design intent; mechanical drafters prepare mechanical engineering drawings; and art directors manage creative direction and teams. Compare core outputs, practice scope, and responsibility boundaries rather than interchanging titles.
Fit signals include breaking down problems involving spaces, materials, and codes, tolerating repeated revisions, accurately recording grounds and versions, and escalating uncertainty or matters beyond authority. Personality labels do not establish fit. Interest and personality tools can only help design trials; they cannot determine hiring eligibility or performance.
Generative AI can assist with concept and rendering drafts, organizing material and product information, comparing color and layout options, and drafting drawings and lists. People remain responsible for compliance with fire and accessibility codes and other requirements, structural and building services interface coordination, material and cost authenticity, and site briefing and acceptance judgments. Task exposure does not mean job replacement or widespread adoption; this page provides no replacement probability or timetable.
Tool output cannot replace code compliance and site judgments. People must revisit code references, material specifications, and site conditions, review key judgments, and take responsibility for code compliance, interface coordination, cost commitments, and acceptance conclusions. Statutory review and signing and sealing matters follow competent authority and professional practice requirements.
Insufficient evidence: this round did not establish a national single-occupation wage distribution for interior designers in mainland China. No national monthly salary, starting salary, or industry-average substitute is provided; this page shows the gap rather than filling it with recruitment platform data, industry average wages, or U.S. data.
According to O*NET / BLS 2025 data (the precise occupation 27-1025.00): median annual pay is $67,190, the 10th percentile is $41,420, and the 90th percentile is $114,140. The O*NET summary page does not list the 25 / 75 percentiles, so this page does not publish them. OEWS covers employer-reported wages, excluding benefits and bonuses; percentiles are not starting salaries or individual take-home income.
O*NET preparation information places this occupation in Job Zone Four: most require a four-year bachelor's degree (84% report a bachelor's degree, 4% some college without a degree, and 4% an associate or other two-year degree), and registered apprenticeship routes exist. Entry should combine education, job practice, and verifiable work samples; education, certificates, professional qualifications, hiring, organizational authorization, and signing and sealing responsibility must be checked separately.
The main risks fall into four categories: codes and safety, structural and building services interfaces, materials and costs, and briefing and acceptance. Key controls are to document fire and accessibility code provisions and other requirements, professional coordination and review records, material performance and quotation lists, and briefing and version management, and to stop immediately and report when codes, interfaces, or authorization conditions are insufficient.
For the United States, the precise O*NET / BLS occupational category shows approximately 97,100 employed in 2025, approximately 99,700 projected in 2035, 3% growth for 2025—2035, and approximately 7,700 average annual openings. Openings include growth and replacement needs; they are not net new jobs and cannot be converted directly into recruitment volume or individual hiring probabilities.
This page does not draw employment or hiring conclusions. It provides a verifiable trial route: use an entirely fictional space and constraints to complete a floor plan, furniture layout, material and color explanations, a code checklist, and briefing points. Decide whether to continue based on observable deliverables rather than only an interest questionnaire or promotional claims.
Evidence for China, the United States, global contexts, and specific jurisdictions is stated separately; conclusions about pay, employment, qualifications, safety, and AI must not be combined across scopes. The interior designer page provides career decision and safe trial information; it does not replace local legal, medical, financial, safety, professional practice, or other professional advice. Any statement of insufficient evidence means only that a bounded search did not establish reliable data; proxies or model memory must not be used to fabricate figures. This page covers only the precise O*NET / SOC occupation 27-1025.00, Interior Designers.
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May 2025 wages; 2025–2035 projection
Interior Designers, Occupational Outlook Handbook
Limitations：US federal accessibility scope; project-specific requirements still need review.
Limitations：Reference for local Beijing projects; cannot be extrapolated into uniform national occupational rules.
Limitations：US; OEWS excludes self-employed workers; projections are not guarantees.
Limitations：Association summary; verify the actual state or provincial law before decisions.
Limitations：No adoption rate, wage, forecast or authority.
Limitations：Draft for comments; not evidence of a current statutory practice threshold or wages.
Limitations：No China authority or pay.
Limitations：US OEWS data; not China pay or guaranteed offers.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
Limitations：BLS OEWS wage data presented by O*NET OnLine; retains the period, employed population, geography, and units.
Limitations：Applies only to this O*NET occupation and the U.S. market; does not establish a Chinese mapping, Chinese wages, or legal authorization.
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.
Author check on 2026-10-11 | O*NET 27-1025.00 provides occupational task and preparation context. The national wage page's 2025 percentiles are $41,420 / 51,840 / 67,190 / 85,740 / 114,140 per year; employment uses a 2025 base year and 2025—2035 projections. NBS Tables 2 / 5 support only average annual wages for China's scientific research and technical services industry, not this occupation. AI analysis is task-level editorial judgment. The shared registry, Hero, and FAQ retain their original definitions; no claim of page-wide consistency is made. The BLS OOH Pay industry subtable for the precise occupation was checked before handover: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/interior-designers.htm; the U.S. pay industry rows have been updated.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
Typical scope：Perform responsibilities within job authorization.
Readiness evidence：Retain reviewable deliverables.
Credential boundary：Verify under specific jurisdictional and employer rules.
Next moves：Obtain the necessary tools, qualifications, and evidence of responsibility.
