AI Career Radar

Web and Digital Interface Designers

Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.

AI exposure34 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation32
Freedom to set tasks82
Repeating the same tasks51
$104,000Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+6%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
57Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Critical Thinking
63
63
Judgment and Decision Making
63
63
Active Listening
63
60
Speaking
63
53
Monitoring
63
53
Active Learning
62
60
Complex Problem Solving
62
60
Coordination
62
47
Reading Comprehension
61
69
Time Management
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
53
Social Perceptiveness
60
44
Learning Strategies
58
41
Instructing
58
41
Systems Analysis
57
44
Service Orientation
56
47
Systems Evaluation
56
47
Persuasion
54
44
Mathematics
53
35
Negotiation
52
38
Science
52
22
Management of Personnel Resources
50
31
Operations Analysis
49
50
Installation
48
0
Technology Design
47
41
Quality Control Analysis
47
41
Troubleshooting
47
35
Management of Financial Resources
47
28
Management of Material Resources
47
28
Equipment Selection
47
6
Equipment Maintenance
47
6
Operations Monitoring
46
38
Repairing
46
9
Programming
45
56
Operation and Control
43
6

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Analysis, Speaking, Operations Monitoring, Writing

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Speaking, Active Listening

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
22%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Personnel Resources, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Systems Analysis

#4Marketing ManagersManagement
73/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$166,790
10-yr growth
+6.9%
Skill gap
23%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Negotiation, Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Systems Evaluation

73/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$141,900
10-yr growth
+4.9%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Coordination, Persuasion, Writing, Speaking

73/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$116,580
10-yr growth
+5.1%
Skill gap
7%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Speaking, Systems Analysis, Social Perceptiveness

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Web and Digital Interface Designers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.