AI Career Radar

Commercial and Industrial Designers

Design and develop manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.

AI exposure39 / 100Moderate 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 automation24
Freedom to set tasks69
Repeating the same tasks67
$83,910Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+2.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (below average)BLS Employment Projections
61Skill 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
Active Listening
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
69
Speaking
63
63
Judgment and Decision Making
63
56
Monitoring
63
53
Complex Problem Solving
62
69
Coordination
62
53
Active Learning
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
72
Time Management
61
56
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
53
Social Perceptiveness
60
53
Learning Strategies
58
44
Instructing
58
44
Systems Analysis
57
50
Systems Evaluation
56
50
Service Orientation
56
47
Persuasion
54
53
Mathematics
53
44
Negotiation
52
47
Science
52
41
Management of Personnel Resources
50
44
Operations Analysis
49
56
Installation
48
0
Technology Design
47
53
Quality Control Analysis
47
44
Management of Financial Resources
47
25
Management of Material Resources
47
25
Equipment Selection
47
22
Troubleshooting
47
19
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
35
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
25

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.

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

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

86/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making

81/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
23%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Management of Personnel Resources, Instructing

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Management of Financial Resources, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Writing

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80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$134,040
10-yr growth
+11.5%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Monitoring

79/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$167,220
10-yr growth
+8.2%
Skill gap
12%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Coordination, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Commercial and Industrial 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.