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Commercial and Industrial Designers — wages and employment

Commercial and Industrial Designers earned a median annual wage of $79,450 in the United States in May 2024, with 30,250 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $79,450SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

Commercial and Industrial Designers earned a median annual wage of $79,450 in the United States in May 2024, with 30,250 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $49,390 or less, the best-paid tenth $134,840 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $76,250 to $79,450, +4.2 %. The best-paying state is Washington at $106,720; the lowest North Dakota at $51,310. Among metropolitan areas, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA pays the highest median, $132,230. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
Washington$106,720450
Kansas$100,010250
Massachusetts$99,3101,020
Indiana$93,860400
Rhode Island$93,340210
California$93,3004,530
Nevada$87,800170
Michigan$85,4602,580
New York$85,2402,140
South Carolina$83,610470
Georgia$81,940460
New Jersey$81,3301,030
Arizona$80,860290
Arkansas$80,340230
Montana$79,36070
Connecticut$79,060230
Louisiana$79,060110
Virginia$78,1901,480
Minnesota$78,010560
Missouri$77,790500
Texas$77,5401,630
New Hampshire$77,24090
Wisconsin$76,160500
Nebraska$76,06080
Pennsylvania$75,960960
Oklahoma$75,940330
Oregon$75,340340
Maryland$75,240390
North Carolina$74,3301,220
Alabama$74,09090
Ohio$71,3701,060
Kentucky$70,470290
Iowa$69,210540
Idaho$67,530220
Vermont$67,040100
Florida$66,2101,800
Utah$66,040460
Illinois$65,290230
Tennessee$59,990970
New Mexico$59,020—
South Dakota$53,020130
North Dakota$51,31050

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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