Also called: Website Designer
Designs and often builds websites for businesses and organizations.
They meet small business owners, design homepage layouts, and build sites in WordPress, Webflow, or code. Updates and maintenance bring repeat work.
Based on BLS web and digital interface designers (15-1255), May 2024 estimates.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate or bachelor's in web design; many self-taught.
Ways in: 2-year college, 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Web Design, Graphic Design, Computer Science.
Growing faster than average (about 7% over 10 years). Faster-than-average growth projected for web developers and digital designers.
High risk for 10 years. AI site builders like Wix and Framer AI handle simple small-business sites; custom, complex sites still need human designers.
Classes: Web design or computer CTE, Graphic design, AP Computer Science Principles.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1255.
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