Interior Designers

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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
10%
(Minimal Risk)
POLLING
39%
(Low Risk, Based on 464 votes)
Average: 25%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
4.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$62,510
or $30.05 per hour
Volume
67,760
as of 2023
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JOB SCORE
5.9/10
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- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

10% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): Occupations in this category have a low probability of being automated, as they typically demand complex problem-solving, creativity, strong interpersonal skills, and a high degree of manual dexterity. These jobs often involve intricate hand movements and precise coordination, making it difficult for machines to replicate the required tasks.

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Some very important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Originality

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Social Perceptiveness

  • Fine Arts

  • Persuasion

  • Negotiation

User poll

39% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 10% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Interior Designers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Moderate growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Interior Designers' job openings is expected to rise 4.0% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Interior Designers' was 62.510 $, or 30 $ per hour

'Interior Designers' were paid 30.1% higher than the national median wage, which stood at 48.060 $

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 67,760 people employed as 'Interior Designers' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 2 thousand people are employed as 'Interior Designers'.

Job description

Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

SOC Code: 27-1025.00

Comments (15)

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Silas Postal (Low)
29 May 2025 16:27
Because the creative and originality aspects of interior design are, at least now, traits that automation and AI don't seem to be showing. One other important aspect of interior design is the psychological side, and how designing spaces to create a certain "vibe" is something that AI won't be able to recreate to the same level.
Fodil (student)
03 May 2024 09:15
I don’t think that an AI will take every house details into account. Plus, this job is based on the communication between the customer and the interior designer, which are two humans. Furthermore, the process of a typical project is a little bit long. The customer and the designer often go in different stores with the customer in order to project the customer into his new house. Finally, the customer gonna be afraid of the idea of talking to a robot, and especially trusting in him one hundred percent.
John (Uncertain)
02 Feb 2024 13:17
Robots could take this job, but not in any near future, since AIs can't even see the image they create, so it could be taken when they're able to at least see and calculate the space on the room and organize the ornaments correctly
Daoud Bou Ajram (Uncertain)
17 May 2023 04:09
Because it depends on the innovation and the development of Automation taking a lot of factors into consideration. From creativity, to functionality, to circulation etc..
l (Low)
24 Mar 2023 19:29
it would be very hard to have a robot do interior design since it needs to have originality and things need to be precise and tweaked it would be hard to have a robot doing it since they have no depth perception
Sam (Low)
02 Feb 2023 08:29
AI still can not think 3D design and figure out a ideal 3d space
player (Highly likely)
13 Oct 2021 11:49
An AI agent can design a living room or kitchen. You can select your style, automatic scan of the room, and budget information is enough for designing a space.
kaylyn
27 Apr 2023 16:06
But can they listen to people's demands? no
Harmoni (Low)
13 May 2021 12:27
They can't listen to peoples demands
yasmeen
18 Apr 2021 13:07
I think some customers want to write their preferences to a website and upload photos if what they want their face to look like and in 20 years, AI could do that. But human interior designers might become more expensive and rare in the field. Also not everyone can design their homes in a simulation or use a website that can create it. Maybe they'll take the results to the designer as a template or vice versa. Interior designers do use developing programs that are very detailed and 3d. Maybe these programs can stay unknown or be only for professionals and this way the profession might be saved. There is an experiment on a software robot to learn chess. It tried many times until it developed its level and defeated the global champion in this game and another also about making robotic albums when artificial intelligence begins Evolution could occupy a job like this in the distant future
leeminseo
06 Nov 2020 06:01
In 2030, I think AI will do interior VR model prediction, numerical calculation, fabrication, layout, demol and combine with interior called ‘ITterior’. Human will still plan idea and demonstrate sensuous and subjective sense. This job would not vanished if AI becomes common.
helen (Uncertain)
12 Aug 2020 00:42
I think some customers want to write their preferences to a website and upload photos if what they want their face to look like and in 20 years, AI could do that. But human interior designers might become more expensive and rare in the field. Also not everyone can design their homes in a simulation or use a website that can create it. Maybe they'll take the results to the designer as a template or vise versa. Interior designers do use developing programs that are very detailed and 3d. Maybe these programs can stay unknown or be only for professionals and this way the profession might be saved.
مريم خالد (Low)
14 Jul 2020 14:14
There is an experiment on a software robot to learn chess. It tried many times until it developed its level and defeated the global champion in this game and another also about making robotic albums when artificial intelligence begins Evolution could occupy a job like this in the distant future
Z (Highly likely)
26 Jun 2019 04:38
Design apps, pinterests, etc are sometimes known to have more influence towards clients compared to us designers
S
21 May 2020 06:45
Design objects and applications that cannot be inspired, but they cannot be 100% copied and transferred to a new space.
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