Service Designer

Also called: Customer Experience Designer

Designs whole experiences across apps, phone calls, and in-person visits, like how you renew a driver's license.

A day in the life

You follow a family through applying for food assistance, map every frustrating step from website to office line, and redesign the process with the agency.

Pay over a career

Starting
$70k
Typical
$105k
High
$150k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in design or social science; master's common.

Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Design, Anthropology, Public Policy.

Outlook

Growing faster than average. Growing in government and healthcare.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI maps journeys and drafts blueprints, but redesigning real services across people, offices and apps stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Psychology, Art or design, AP Government.

Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1255.

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