Average Wage for Interior Designers

Many students are curious as to their salary once they graduate from a degree program, no matter if that is for interior designers, bankers or bricklayers. The average wage for interior designers varies from state to state and city to city. People who design the interior of homes in New York are going to make more money than those who work in the Midwest. 

People with an eye for color, who enjoy decorating and organizing their own items and others' living spaces, may be perfect for a job in the interior design industry. Depending on where a person lives and what type of career they have the average wage for interior designers differ widely.

Interior designers in the Midwest such as St. Louis will not make as much as someone working in Chicago because of the size and overall perspective of the metro-style area differences. Chicago has more apartments, more people and more need for interior designers, both in the residential areas and commercial industry. New York is another major city that would be a higher paying position for interior designers than someone working in the same field in Omaha, Nebraska or even Phoenix, Arizona.

According to a recent salary survey, the median income for an interior designer regardless of location is $37,600. This amount would go up in a larger metropolitan city and stay about the same in an average size city. The salary could dip below this in a small town in which there is not that great of a demand for interior designer skills.

Another factor that would come into play for salary considerations is commercial designer verses home or residential interior designer. Commercial interior design work would pay more than residential in most cases.