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Salary Information for New Interior Designers

If there is a theme for aspiring designers to note, it's this: an interior design career offers many rewards (financial and otherwise), but you have to be willing to start at the bottom and work your way up. The good news is a little experience can go a long way toward increasing an interior design salary.

As you might expect, salaries for interior designers vary based on geographic location as well as industry experience. Other factors that might influence income include your position within a design firm or whether you are self-employed. The following table shows the salary range of the middle 50 percent of US interior designers:*

Years Experience Yearly Salary of Middle 50%
0-2 years $29,030 - 41,425
2-4 years $35,072 - 47,322
4-6 years $39,787 - 55,788
6-8 years $46,335 - 68,074
8 years and up $53,912 - 81,130

*HR data as reported by Salary.com in August 2007.

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Westwood College is a successful, growing organization of postsecondary learning institutions that offer hands-on, career-focused educational programs. Our primary goal is to prepare students for rewarding jobs in high-demand careers. Request information from Westwood College Online or from a campus offering interior design near you:

Anaheim, Annandale, Atlanta Midtown, Atlanta Northlake, Dallas, Denver North, Denver South, DuPage, Fort Worth, Houston South, Inland Empire, Long Beach, Loop, Los Angeles, O'Hare Airport, River Oaks, South Bay or Virginia Arlington Ballston


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