Also called: User Experience Designer, Interaction Designer
Plans the steps people take in an app or website so things are easy and pleasant to use.
You map every screen in a hospital's patient portal, find that it takes 11 taps to pay a bill, and design a version that takes three.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's or UX bootcamp plus portfolio.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Interaction Design, Graphic Design, Psychology.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Related BLS web and digital interface designers: 5% (2025-35).
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI design tools now produce user flows and wireframes on request, shrinking demand for UX designers, especially juniors.
Classes: Art or graphic design, AP Psychology, Computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1255.
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