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Graphic Design Specialists

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of employed graphic design specialists is about 261,000. This occupation has a low unemployment rating.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Approximately 17% of employees work part time. 25% of graphic design specialists have ended up working for themlseves.

Training and Education

People with a bachelor's degree have an easier time finding a job in this career. The percentage of employees with at least a 4 year degree or higher is 55%. Approximately 31% of graphic design specialists started in college but were able to get a job without a degree. Workers with a high school diploma but no further education represent 14% of the total. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs for this occupation are more popular (on a per capita basis) in Portsmouth (New Hampshire), Provo (Utah), and San Francisco (California), and less popular in McAllen (Texas), Houma (Louisiana), and Corpus Christi (Texas).

Without adjusting for the cost of living, graphic design specialists get paid the most in San Francisco (California), Vallejo (California), and San Jose (California), and the least in Decatur (Illinois), Pocatello (Idaho), and Florence (Alabama).

Graphic Design Specialists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Graphic Design Specialists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Graphic Design Specialists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Graphic Design Specialists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston50$41,8700.7
AlabamaAuburn40$37,1300.6
AlabamaBirmingham650$46,6100.8
AlabamaDecatur40$33,0800.5
AlabamaDothan70$26,5500.8
AlabamaFlorence50$24,6400.7
AlabamaHuntsville280$45,7900.8
AlabamaMobile100$41,5900.3
AlabamaMontgomery220$43,5000.8
AlabamaTuscaloosa80$32,5000.6
AlaskaAnchorage160$41,8000.6
AlaskaFairbanks30$35,0900.7
ArizonaFlagstaff90$41,2901.1
ArizonaKingman40$33,1800.5
ArizonaPhoenix2,880$45,1000.9
ArizonaPrescott50$36,7500.5
ArizonaTucson500$43,2700.8
ArizonaYuma30$35,4800.3
ArkansasFayetteville370$35,3501.2
ArkansasFort Smith90$31,3800.5
ArkansasLittle Rock370$41,3500.7
CaliforniaBakersfield150$43,6800.3
CaliforniaChico60$34,9300.6
CaliforniaFresno330$46,8800.6
CaliforniaMerced60$40,7900.7
CaliforniaModesto140$41,7100.5
CaliforniaNapa70$45,9000.7
CaliforniaOakland2,220$56,7601.3
CaliforniaOxnard350$49,1600.7
CaliforniaRedding80$47,0100.8
CaliforniaRiverside1,180$44,0000.6
CaliforniaSacramento1,250$46,5800.8
CaliforniaSalinas260$46,9001.1
CaliforniaSan Diego2,650$49,7701.2
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,590$73,140 2.2
CaliforniaSan Jose1,410$61,2400.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo130$41,3000.8
CaliforniaSanta Ana4,280$53,2701.7
CaliforniaSanta Barbara290$48,1701.1
CaliforniaSanta Cruz150$49,7101.1
CaliforniaSanta Rosa220$42,2200.7
CaliforniaStockton170$36,3100.5
CaliforniaVallejo130$59,1700.7
CaliforniaVisalia80$44,7600.4
ColoradoBoulder390$49,6601.5
ColoradoColorado Springs360$42,0200.9
ColoradoDenver1,890$45,6200.9
ColoradoFort Collins200$38,5001.1
ColoradoGrand Junction40$41,1300.5
ColoradoPueblo50$35,3500.6
ConnecticutBridgeport1,160$62,8101.6
ConnecticutDanbury120$50,6501.1
ConnecticutHartford770$46,4300.8
ConnecticutNew Haven540$50,4101.2
ConnecticutNorwich140$46,0100.7
ConnecticutWaterbury70$43,3700.7
DelawareDover50$35,5700.6
DelawareWilmington340$45,3900.6
District of ColumbiaWashington5,190$56,5901.3
FloridaCape Coral290$42,1000.9
FloridaDeltona300$35,0501.2
FloridaFort Lauderdale1,560$44,3901.3
FloridaFort Walton Beach110$34,6501
FloridaGainesville180$40,5201
FloridaJacksonville880$39,0100.9
FloridaLakeland240$36,9000.8
FloridaMiami2,320$39,9001.4
FloridaNaples160$39,7500.9
FloridaOcala80$34,3100.6
FloridaOrlando2,100$40,2301.2
FloridaPalm Bay410$40,0001.3
FloridaPanama City90$35,4100.9
FloridaPensacola250$38,2101.1
FloridaPort St Lucie180$38,2700.9
FloridaPunta Gorda50$37,2200.9
FloridaSarasota460$42,3201.1
FloridaSebastian60$34,6700.9
FloridaTallahassee250$41,4501
FloridaTampa2,070$38,3301
FloridaWest Palm Beach800$51,0500.9
GeorgiaAlbany40$33,4700.4
GeorgiaAthens170$42,3301.5
GeorgiaAtlanta3,560$51,1100.9
GeorgiaAugusta200$40,2600.6
GeorgiaBrunswick50$48,3000.8
GeorgiaColumbus130$40,5200.8
GeorgiaDalton160$59,7401.4
GeorgiaGainesville60$44,2700.6
GeorgiaMacon50$35,1600.3
GeorgiaSavannah170$37,4400.7
GeorgiaValdosta40$32,3700.5
HawaiiHonolulu460$47,7700.6
IdahoBoise430$44,1801
IdahoCoeur Dalene110$36,9301.4
IdahoIdaho Falls90$30,0801.3
IdahoPocatello50$28,5601.2
IllinoisBloomington100$37,0201
IllinoisChampaign290$33,950 2
IllinoisChicago7,500$49,8301.2
IllinoisDecatur60$26,2800.9
IllinoisKankakee40$41,0500.8
IllinoisPeoria230$44,9300.8
IllinoisRockford180$40,8100.7
IllinoisSpringfield100$37,7600.6
IndianaBloomington200$34,5702
IndianaElkhart140$37,7200.7
IndianaEvansville200$32,9700.7
IndianaFort Wayne280$38,6900.8
IndianaGary290$37,3500.6
IndianaIndianapolis1,440$43,3301
IndianaLafayette140$43,2701.2
IndianaMichigan City50$33,8900.8
IndianaSouth Bend200$37,6500.9
IndianaTerre Haute50$33,6700.5
IowaAmes70$40,8301.3
IowaCedar Rapids330$40,7701.6
IowaDavenport270$37,6200.9
IowaDes Moines550$42,6101
IowaDubuque120$36,8801.6
IowaIowa City160$42,8901.5
IowaSioux City50$32,3900.5
IowaWaterloo120$36,8200.9
KansasLawrence120$33,1801.9
KansasTopeka210$35,5401.2
KansasWichita500$40,2801
KentuckyBowling Green50$37,4200.6
KentuckyLexington310$39,2100.8
KentuckyLouisville1,090$36,5301.1
KentuckyOwensboro40$29,2700.6
LouisianaAlexandria30$33,4000.3
LouisianaBaton Rouge450$33,7600.7
LouisianaHouma30$33,3400.2
LouisianaLafayette160$35,7200.7
LouisianaLake Charles60$27,7300.5
LouisianaMonroe40$40,3600.3
LouisianaNew Orleans690$41,3900.8
LouisianaShreveport120$31,6500.4
MaineBangor50$35,0800.5
MaineLewiston50$31,6600.7
MainePortland350$40,7201.1
MarylandBaltimore2,370$49,9001.1
MarylandBethesda1,150$57,5101.2
MarylandCumberland40$34,9400.8
MarylandHagerstown120$38,5300.8
MarylandSalisbury40$33,7600.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town140$37,8200.9
MassachusettsBoston3,660$49,1601.3
MassachusettsBrockton100$46,4400.7
MassachusettsFramingham380$58,2101.5
MassachusettsHaverhill90$42,1000.8
MassachusettsLawrence90$50,6301.1
MassachusettsLeominster30$34,1700.4
MassachusettsLowell120$51,2300.6
MassachusettsNew Bedford50$40,8100.5
MassachusettsPittsfield50$38,1201.1
MassachusettsSpringfield400$51,2100.8
MassachusettsTaunton40$46,8800.6
MassachusettsWorcester240$46,7500.6
MichiganAnn Arbor390$47,0901.5
MichiganBattle Creek40$34,5900.6
MichiganDetroit710$45,3900.6
MichiganFlint130$40,9400.6
MichiganGrand Rapids650$38,3201
MichiganHolland160$38,6701
MichiganKalamazoo110$41,8600.5
MichiganLansing170$43,9600.5
MichiganMuskegon70$33,6700.8
MichiganNiles70$34,3900.8
MichiganSaginaw40$31,8400.3
MichiganWarren1,800$47,6700.9
MinnesotaDuluth160$37,6400.8
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,160$48,4601.4
MinnesotaRochester130$56,7800.9
MinnesotaSt Cloud140$41,6600.9
MississippiGulfport90$40,3800.5
MississippiHattiesburg40$32,0700.5
MississippiJackson210$42,0500.5
MississippiPascagoula30$34,1500.4
MissouriColumbia160$35,1601.3
MissouriJefferson City60$30,0200.6
MissouriJoplin50$29,2900.4
MissouriKansas City2,000$45,7001.2
MissouriSpringfield280$41,9400.9
MissouriSt Joseph40$29,7800.6
MissouriSt Louis1,900$45,4800.8
MontanaBillings80$34,8500.7
MontanaGreat Falls30$31,5000.6
MontanaMissoula90$35,7801.2
NebraskaLincoln350$39,9901.3
NebraskaOmaha910$38,9501.2
NevadaLas Vegas1,250$47,8600.8
NevadaReno340$46,3801
New HampshireManchester110$40,4400.7
New HampshireNashua210$43,0501
New HampshirePortsmouth200$46,700 2.4
New HampshireRochester60$39,2600.7
New JerseyAtlantic City150$47,2300.6
New JerseyCamden810$43,6600.9
New JerseyEdison1,400$46,0100.8
New JerseyNewark1,540$55,6400.9
New JerseyTrenton460$52,8101.3
New JerseyVineland50$33,8500.6
New MexicoAlbuquerque420$47,2400.7
New MexicoLas Cruces70$28,1800.8
New MexicoSanta Fe100$45,7001.1
New YorkAlbany530$49,9600.7
New YorkBinghamton110$35,0500.7
New YorkBuffalo710$40,9600.8
New YorkGlens Falls40$44,7800.5
New YorkIthaca40$38,4500.7
New YorkKingston80$33,2800.9
New YorkNassau1,880$52,9800.9
New YorkNew York17,050$57,0502
New YorkPoughkeepsie250$45,9400.6
New YorkRochester820$45,2001
New YorkSyracuse420$45,4600.8
New YorkUtica80$40,1000.4
North CarolinaAsheville230$35,8000.8
North CarolinaBurlington70$38,0700.8
North CarolinaCharlotte1,070$45,2500.7
North CarolinaDurham420$42,3900.9
North CarolinaFayetteville130$42,3400.7
North CarolinaGreensboro550$43,2000.9
North CarolinaGreenville80$40,3600.8
North CarolinaHickory200$38,6500.8
North CarolinaJacksonville40$39,1200.7
North CarolinaRaleigh820$42,0601
North CarolinaWilmington220$36,8001
North CarolinaWinston Salem310$44,9200.9
North DakotaBismarck170$34,200 2.1
North DakotaFargo270$33,1301.5
North DakotaGrand Forks70$32,5101
OhioAkron650$37,7901.2
OhioCanton220$38,4400.8
OhioCincinnati2,130$48,5801.2
OhioCleveland1,610$40,1000.9
OhioColumbus1,750$45,8501.1
OhioDayton720$42,2901.1
OhioMansfield50$33,5700.7
OhioSpringfield40$45,9800.6
OhioToledo390$38,5900.8
OhioYoungstown150$32,8500.4
OklahomaOklahoma City490$35,1000.5
OklahomaTulsa690$39,3901
OregonBend140$38,4401.4
OregonCorvallis50$39,1401.2
OregonEugene320$36,7401.4
OregonMedford170$44,0401.3
OregonPortland1,830$44,4601.1
OregonSalem140$38,6800.6
PennsylvaniaAllentown420$42,1000.8
PennsylvaniaAltoona70$32,2700.8
PennsylvaniaErie150$36,9400.8
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg410$36,3100.8
PennsylvaniaJohnstown50$35,4500.6
PennsylvaniaLancaster420$44,9601.1
PennsylvaniaLebanon80$36,7401.2
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia3,430$48,7601.1
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,910$38,8401
PennsylvaniaReading200$43,0600.8
PennsylvaniaScranton370$34,6900.9
PennsylvaniaState College100$37,7901.2
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport50$33,0300.7
PennsylvaniaYork200$37,7200.7
Rhode IslandProvidence700$49,3700.7
South CarolinaAnderson30$32,7700.3
South CarolinaCharleston430$38,2400.9
South CarolinaColumbia320$39,5200.6
South CarolinaFlorence40$39,5800.3
South CarolinaGreenville400$40,1100.8
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach110$33,8800.6
South CarolinaSpartanburg120$44,5900.6
South DakotaRapid City90$32,8601
South DakotaSioux Falls290$35,4901.3
TennesseeChattanooga350$37,6500.9
TennesseeClarksville60$34,1900.5
TennesseeCleveland40$30,0000.8
TennesseeJohnson City90$31,8400.8
TennesseeKingsport100$32,6000.6
TennesseeKnoxville530$42,8501
TennesseeMemphis710$49,9800.7
TennesseeMorristown40$30,9600.6
TennesseeNashville1,050$38,8700.8
TexasAbilene50$36,7500.5
TexasAmarillo110$28,9200.7
TexasAustin1,350$46,0401.1
TexasBeaumont80$38,4000.3
TexasBrownsville100$32,3200.5
TexasCollege Station80$31,1000.7
TexasCorpus Christi40$34,3000.1
TexasDallas3,140$48,8300.9
TexasEl Paso240$35,5900.6
TexasFort Worth1,210$43,0500.8
TexasHouston2,640$44,9400.6
TexasKilleen70$34,4000.4
TexasLongview70$30,3100.5
TexasLubbock80$30,2800.4
TexasMcallen100$29,3600.3
TexasMidland80$33,8300.8
TexasSan Angelo30$33,7100.5
TexasSan Antonio1,060$46,9600.8
TexasTyler50$33,1600.4
TexasWaco120$32,5600.8
UtahLogan120$31,0401.8
UtahOgden290$38,2100.9
UtahProvo590$38,930 2.2
UtahSalt Lake City1,340$43,6001.3
UtahSt George100$39,7001.4
VermontBurlington280$47,5201.6
VirginiaBlacksburg60$37,0300.7
VirginiaCharlottesville200$46,0501.4
VirginiaHarrisonburg50$38,0500.6
VirginiaLynchburg80$37,1200.5
VirginiaRichmond870$50,0100.9
VirginiaRoanoke200$42,8000.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach840$44,8500.7
VirginiaWinchester40$41,3300.5
WashingtonBellingham160$36,0101.3
WashingtonBremerton50$39,9500.4
WashingtonKennewick120$37,3500.9
WashingtonMount Vernon70$35,7901.1
WashingtonOlympia110$42,3800.8
WashingtonSeattle2,890$52,0301.2
WashingtonSpokane310$37,9300.9
WashingtonTacoma180$47,5100.4
WashingtonWenatchee40$32,5300.7
WashingtonYakima40$31,6000.3
West VirginiaCharleston140$39,2700.6
West VirginiaHuntington70$30,0400.4
West VirginiaMorgantown40$35,6900.6
West VirginiaParkersburg70$37,2900.7
West VirginiaWheeling50$31,6400.5
WisconsinAppleton190$43,3701.1
WisconsinEau Claire80$38,5500.7
WisconsinFond40$38,1200.6
WisconsinGreen Bay240$45,5200.9
WisconsinJanesville60$34,3400.6
WisconsinLa Crosse130$34,2501.3
WisconsinMadison950$43,6301.7
WisconsinMilwaukee1,730$43,5701.2
WisconsinOshkosh190$49,6701.5
WisconsinRacine120$45,9201
WisconsinSheboygan70$43,9100.8
WisconsinWausau130$35,5301.3
WyomingCasper50$28,5400.9
WyomingCheyenne60$38,7701
 

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