Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
27-1024 Graphic Designers
Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects. Excludes “Web and Digital Interface Designers” (15-1255).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 215,930 |
0.9 % |
$27.17 |
$56,510 |
0.5 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$14.81 |
$18.75 |
$25.05 |
$33.13 |
$42.89 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$30,810 |
$39,000 |
$52,110 |
$68,920 |
$89,210 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Specialized Design Services |
27,720 |
19.12 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services |
21,650 |
4.42 |
$28.01 |
$58,270 |
| Printing and Related Support Activities |
19,910 |
4.63 |
$21.87 |
$45,490 |
| Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
13,720 |
4.51 |
$23.45 |
$48,770 |
| Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services |
10,830 |
0.73 |
$29.64 |
$61,650 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Specialized Design Services |
27,720 |
19.12 |
$28.28 |
$58,830 |
| Printing and Related Support Activities |
19,910 |
4.63 |
$21.87 |
$45,490 |
| Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
13,720 |
4.51 |
$23.45 |
$48,770 |
| Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services |
21,650 |
4.42 |
$28.01 |
$58,270 |
| Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing |
9,190 |
3.15 |
$21.89 |
$45,530 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
29,060 |
1.67 |
1.14 |
$30.63 |
$63,710 |
| New York |
21,090 |
2.21 |
1.51 |
$32.15 |
$66,870 |
| Texas |
14,050 |
1.13 |
0.77 |
$25.02 |
$52,050 |
| Florida |
13,830 |
1.57 |
1.07 |
$23.97 |
$49,850 |
| Illinois |
11,700 |
1.94 |
1.32 |
$28.10 |
$58,450 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
21,090 |
2.21 |
1.51 |
$32.15 |
$66,870 |
| Minnesota |
5,900 |
2.05 |
1.39 |
$25.75 |
$53,560 |
| Utah |
3,010 |
2.00 |
1.36 |
$23.94 |
$49,800 |
| District of Columbia |
1,420 |
1.97 |
1.34 |
$38.20 |
$79,450 |
| Illinois |
11,700 |
1.94 |
1.32 |
$28.10 |
$58,450 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
1,420 |
1.97 |
1.34 |
$38.20 |
$79,450 |
| Washington |
5,510 |
1.66 |
1.13 |
$34.71 |
$72,200 |
| Massachusetts |
6,330 |
1.75 |
1.19 |
$32.77 |
$68,170 |
| New York |
21,090 |
2.21 |
1.51 |
$32.15 |
$66,870 |
| California |
29,060 |
1.67 |
1.14 |
$30.63 |
$63,710 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
21,840 |
2.26 |
1.54 |
$33.02 |
$68,690 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
13,440 |
2.15 |
1.47 |
$30.10 |
$62,620 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
9,950 |
2.13 |
1.45 |
$29.48 |
$61,320 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
5,600 |
1.53 |
1.04 |
$26.54 |
$55,200 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
5,560 |
2.25 |
1.53 |
$37.07 |
$77,110 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
5,390 |
1.92 |
1.31 |
$33.87 |
$70,450 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
4,990 |
1.57 |
1.07 |
$35.89 |
$74,650 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
4,960 |
1.88 |
1.28 |
$25.47 |
$52,980 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
4,580 |
2.32 |
1.58 |
$27.12 |
$56,400 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
4,360 |
1.52 |
1.03 |
$28.51 |
$59,290 |
United States Department of Labor
