• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

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).

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National estimates for Graphic Designers
Industry profile for Graphic Designers
Geographic profile for Graphic Designers

National estimates for Graphic Designers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Graphic Designers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
211,890	0.8 %	$ 31.01	$ 64,500	1.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Graphic Designers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 17.04	$ 21.32	$ 27.88	$ 37.00	$ 48.52
Annual Wage (2)	$ 35,430	$ 44,350	$ 57,990	$ 76,970	$ 100,920

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Industry profile for Graphic Designers:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Graphic Designers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Graphic Designers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Graphic Designers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	24,020	5.00	$ 32.62	$ 67,850
Specialized Design Services	23,480	15.61	$ 32.41	$ 67,410
Printing and Related Support Activities	17,340	4.57	$ 21.67	$ 45,070
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	12,590	4.10	$ 25.70	$ 53,460
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	10,320	0.59	$ 34.26	$ 71,260

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Graphic Designers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Specialized Design Services	23,480	15.61	$ 32.41	$ 67,410
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	24,020	5.00	$ 32.62	$ 67,850
Printing and Related Support Activities	17,340	4.57	$ 21.67	$ 45,070
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	12,590	4.10	$ 25.70	$ 53,460
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	9,400	3.21	$ 23.54	$ 48,960

Top paying industries for Graphic Designers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Motion Picture and Video Industries	3,930	0.94	$ 48.79	$ 101,470
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers	2,820	1.21	$ 46.85	$ 97,450
Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	30	0.14	$ 46.52	$ 96,760
Natural Gas Distribution	50	0.04	$ 45.60	$ 94,860
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	260	0.17	$ 45.08	$ 93,760

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Geographic profile for Graphic Designers:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Graphic Designers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Graphic Designers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Graphic Designers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	32,720	1.86	1.29	$ 38.58	$ 80,240
New York	18,590	2.04	1.42	$ 39.12	$ 81,370
Texas	13,680	1.05	0.73	$ 26.43	$ 54,970
Florida	13,560	1.47	1.03	$ 27.34	$ 56,870
Illinois	9,980	1.70	1.18	$ 28.83	$ 59,960

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Graphic Designers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	1,660	2.40	1.68	$ 42.30	$ 87,980
New York	18,590	2.04	1.42	$ 39.12	$ 81,370
Rhode Island	970	2.01	1.41	$ 32.97	$ 68,580
Nebraska	1,900	1.96	1.37	$ 25.96	$ 54,010
Minnesota	5,400	1.91	1.33	$ 31.19	$ 64,880

Top paying states for Graphic Designers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	1,660	2.40	1.68	$ 42.30	$ 87,980
New York	18,590	2.04	1.42	$ 39.12	$ 81,370
California	32,720	1.86	1.29	$ 38.58	$ 80,240
Washington	4,930	1.45	1.01	$ 35.16	$ 73,130
Massachusetts	4,990	1.40	0.98	$ 35.13	$ 73,060

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Graphic Designers:

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	19,470	2.12	1.48	$ 39.85	$ 82,880
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	16,060	2.63	1.84	$ 37.68	$ 78,370
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	7,930	1.80	1.25	$ 29.59	$ 61,550
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	5,150	2.15	1.50	$ 46.26	$ 96,210
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	5,120	1.69	1.18	$ 39.66	$ 82,490
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	4,840	1.27	0.89	$ 27.40	$ 56,990
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	4,720	1.80	1.25	$ 29.57	$ 61,510
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	4,080	1.47	1.03	$ 29.09	$ 60,500
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	4,080	2.16	1.51	$ 32.70	$ 68,010
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	3,810	1.41	0.98	$ 37.06	$ 77,090

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Graphic Designers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	260	2.79	1.95	$ 25.19	$ 52,400
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	16,060	2.63	1.84	$ 37.68	$ 78,370
Provo-Orem, UT	730	2.56	1.79	$ 25.63	$ 53,310
Boulder, CO	480	2.51	1.75	$ 33.49	$ 69,650
Lawrence, KS	120	2.47	1.72	$ 23.29	$ 48,450
Ames, IA	110	2.36	1.64	$ 24.47	$ 50,890
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA	1,110	2.35	1.64	$ 27.22	$ 56,630
Manhattan, KS	90	2.27	1.58	$ 23.55	$ 48,980
Lincoln, NE	390	2.26	1.58	$ 25.80	$ 53,670
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	4,080	2.16	1.51	$ 32.70	$ 68,010