AI Career Radar

Interior Designers

Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

AI exposure33 / 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 automation26
Freedom to set tasks73
Repeating the same tasks47
$67,190Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+2.7%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (about average)BLS Employment Projections
63Skill 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
Speaking
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
75
Judgment and Decision Making
63
63
Monitoring
63
53
Coordination
62
69
Complex Problem Solving
62
66
Active Learning
62
53
Reading Comprehension
61
75
Time Management
61
60
Show 25 more skills
Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
69
Writing
60
66
Instructing
58
50
Learning Strategies
58
41
Systems Analysis
57
50
Service Orientation
56
69
Systems Evaluation
56
41
Persuasion
54
63
Mathematics
53
50
Negotiation
52
53
Science
52
3
Management of Personnel Resources
50
47
Operations Analysis
49
53
Installation
48
0
Management of Financial Resources
47
44
Management of Material Resources
47
44
Quality Control Analysis
47
25
Technology Design
47
22
Troubleshooting
47
22
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
25
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
19

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.

85/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
17%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Systems Evaluation, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Instructing

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
15%
Retraining
Low

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

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$100,330
10-yr growth
+14.8%
Skill gap
13%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Instructing, Active Learning

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$102,760
10-yr growth
+11.9%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Learning Strategies, Systems Evaluation, Instructing

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Interior 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.