Occupational employment / Graphic designers

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Graphic designers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 6,330 $27.29 $56,760
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 21,870 $26.87 $55,890
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 17,050 $27.43 $57,050
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 14,990 $26.72 $55,580
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 10,710 $27.17 $56,510
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 8,500 $24.07 $50,070
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 7,500 $23.96 $49,830
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 5,810 $32.15 $66,870
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 5,190 $27.21 $56,590
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,810 $23.70 $49,290
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 4,690 $20.82 $43,300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,590 $22.89 $47,600
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 4,350 $22.70 $47,220
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 4,280 $25.61 $53,270
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4,160 $23.30 $48,460
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 3,660 $23.63 $49,160
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 3,590 $35.17 $73,140
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3,560 $24.57 $51,110
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,430 $23.44 $48,760
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,140 $23.48 $48,830
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,070 $24.88 $51,760
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,890 $25.01 $52,030
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,880 $21.68 $45,100
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,650 $23.93 $49,770
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,640 $21.61 $44,940
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,510 $22.61 $47,020
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,370 $23.99 $49,900
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 2,320 $19.18 $39,900
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,220 $27.29 $56,760
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,130 $23.35 $48,580
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 2,100 $19.34 $40,230
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,070 $18.43 $38,330
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,000 $21.97 $45,700
Pittsburgh, PA 1,910 $18.67 $38,840
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,900 $21.87 $45,480
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,890 $21.93 $45,620
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,880 $25.47 $52,980
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,830 $21.38 $44,460
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,800 $22.92 $47,670
Columbus, OH 1,750 $22.05 $45,850
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,730 $20.95 $43,570
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,610 $19.28 $40,100
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,560 $21.34 $44,390
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,540 $26.75 $55,640
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,440 $20.83 $43,330
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,410 $29.44 $61,240
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,400 $22.12 $46,010
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,350 $22.13 $46,040
Salt Lake City, UT 1,340 $20.96 $43,600
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,250 $22.40 $46,580
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,250 $23.01 $47,860
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,210 $20.70 $43,050
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,180 $21.15 $44,000
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,160 $30.20 $62,810
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,150 $27.65 $57,510
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,090 $17.56 $36,530
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,070 $21.76 $45,250
San Antonio, TX 1,060 $22.58 $46,960
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,050 $18.69 $38,870
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 960 $12.00 $24,960
Madison, WI 950 $20.97 $43,630
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 910 $18.73 $38,950
Jacksonville, FL 880 $18.75 $39,010
Richmond, VA 870 $24.04 $50,010
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 840 $21.56 $44,850
Rochester, NY 820 $21.73 $45,200
Raleigh-Cary, NC 820 $20.22 $42,060
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 810 $20.99 $43,660
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 800 $24.55 $51,050
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 770 $22.32 $46,430
Dayton, OH 720 $20.33 $42,290
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 710 $27.81 $57,850
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 710 $24.03 $49,980
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 710 $19.69 $40,960
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 710 $21.82 $45,390
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 700 $23.74 $49,370
Tulsa, OK 690 $18.94 $39,390
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 690 $19.90 $41,390
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 650 $22.41 $46,610
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 650 $18.42 $38,320
Akron, OH 650 $18.17 $37,790
Provo-Orem, UT 590 $18.72 $38,930
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 550 $20.49 $42,610
Greensboro-High Point, NC 550 $20.77 $43,200
New Haven, CT 540 $24.24 $50,410
Knoxville, TN 530 $20.60 $42,850
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 530 $24.02 $49,960
Tucson, AZ 500 $20.80 $43,270
Wichita, KS 500 $19.36 $40,280
Oklahoma City, OK 490 $16.87 $35,100
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 460 $25.39 $52,810
Honolulu, HI 460 $22.97 $47,770
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 460 $20.34 $42,320
Baton Rouge, LA 450 $16.23 $33,760
Boise City-Nampa, ID 430 $21.24 $44,180
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 430 $18.38 $38,240
Albuquerque, NM 420 $22.71 $47,240
Durham, NC 420 $20.38 $42,390
Syracuse, NY 420 $21.86 $45,460
Lancaster, PA 420 $21.61 $44,960
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 420 $20.24 $42,100
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 410 $19.23 $40,000
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 410 $17.46 $36,310
Springfield, MA-CT 400 $24.62 $51,210
Greenville, SC 400 $19.29 $40,110
Ann Arbor, MI 390 $22.64 $47,090
Toledo, OH 390 $18.55 $38,590
Boulder, CO 390 $23.87 $49,660
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 380 $27.99 $58,210
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 370 $16.68 $34,690
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 370 $17.00 $35,350
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 370 $19.88 $41,350
Colorado Springs, CO 360 $20.20 $42,020
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 350 $23.64 $49,160
Chattanooga, TN-GA 350 $18.10 $37,650
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 350 $19.58 $40,720
Lincoln, NE 350 $19.23 $39,990
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 340 $21.82 $45,390
Reno-Sparks, NV 340 $22.30 $46,380
Fresno, CA 330 $22.54 $46,880
Cedar Rapids, IA 330 $19.60 $40,770
Columbia, SC 320 $19.00 $39,520
Eugene-Springfield, OR 320 $17.66 $36,740
Winston-Salem, NC 310 $21.60 $44,920
Spokane, WA 310 $18.23 $37,930
Lexington-Fayette, KY 310 $18.85 $39,210
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 300 $16.85 $35,050
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 290 $18.37 $38,210
Champaign-Urbana, IL 290 $16.32 $33,950
Sioux Falls, SD 290 $17.06 $35,490
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 290 $23.16 $48,170
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 290 $17.96 $37,350
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 290 $20.24 $42,100
Springfield, MO 280 $20.17 $41,940
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 280 $22.85 $47,520
Huntsville, AL 280 $22.01 $45,790
Fort Wayne, IN 280 $18.60 $38,690
Fargo, ND-MN 270 $15.93 $33,130
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 270 $18.08 $37,620
Salinas, CA 260 $22.55 $46,900
Tallahassee, FL 250 $19.93 $41,450
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 250 $18.37 $38,210
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 250 $22.08 $45,940
Green Bay, WI 240 $21.89 $45,520
Worcester, MA-CT 240 $22.48 $46,750
El Paso, TX 240 $17.11 $35,590
Lakeland, FL 240 $17.74 $36,900
Asheville, NC 230 $17.21 $35,800
Peoria, IL 230 $21.60 $44,930
Canton-Massillon, OH 220 $18.48 $38,440
Wilmington, NC 220 $17.69 $36,800
Montgomery, AL 220 $20.91 $43,500
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 220 $20.30 $42,220
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 210 $20.70 $43,050
Topeka, KS 210 $17.09 $35,540
Jackson, MS 210 $20.22 $42,050
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 200 $18.58 $38,650
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 200 $18.10 $37,650
Bloomington, IN 200 $16.62 $34,570
Roanoke, VA 200 $20.58 $42,800
Evansville, IN-KY 200 $15.85 $32,970
York-Hanover, PA 200 $18.13 $37,720
Portsmouth, NH-ME 200 $22.45 $46,700
Charlottesville, VA 200 $22.14 $46,050
Reading, PA 200 $20.70 $43,060
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 200 $19.36 $40,260
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 200 $18.51 $38,500
Appleton, WI 190 $20.85 $43,370
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 190 $23.88 $49,670
Gainesville, FL 180 $19.48 $40,520
Rockford, IL 180 $19.62 $40,810
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 180 $22.84 $47,510
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 180 $18.40 $38,270
Savannah, GA 170 $18.00 $37,440
Stockton, CA 170 $17.46 $36,310
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 170 $21.13 $43,960
Medford, OR 170 $21.17 $44,040
Athens-Clarke County, GA 170 $20.35 $42,330
Bismarck, ND 170 $16.44 $34,200
Duluth, MN-WI 160 $18.10 $37,640
Anchorage, AK 160 $20.10 $41,800
Bellingham, WA 160 $17.31 $36,010
Lafayette, LA 160 $17.17 $35,720
Dalton, GA 160 $28.72 $59,740
Columbia, MO 160 $16.90 $35,160
Iowa City, IA 160 $20.62 $42,890
Naples-Marco Island, FL 160 $19.11 $39,750
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 160 $18.59 $38,670
Erie, PA 150 $17.76 $36,940
Bakersfield, CA 150 $21.00 $43,680
Atlantic City, NJ 150 $22.70 $47,230
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 150 $15.79 $32,850
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 150 $23.90 $49,710
Modesto, CA 140 $20.05 $41,710
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 140 $22.12 $46,010
Charleston, WV 140 $18.88 $39,270
St. Cloud, MN 140 $20.03 $41,660
Lafayette, IN 140 $20.80 $43,270
Salem, OR 140 $18.59 $38,680
Barnstable Town, MA 140 $18.18 $37,820
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 140 $18.13 $37,720
Bend, OR 140 $18.48 $38,440
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 130 $20.28 $42,180
Fayetteville, NC 130 $20.36 $42,340
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 130 $28.45 $59,170
Flint, MI 130 $19.68 $40,940
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 130 $19.86 $41,300
Rochester, MN 130 $27.30 $56,780
Wausau, WI 130 $17.08 $35,530
Columbus, GA-AL 130 $19.48 $40,520
La Crosse, WI-MN 130 $16.47 $34,250
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 120 $15.22 $31,650
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 120 $17.70 $36,820
Lawrence, KS 120 $15.95 $33,180
Spartanburg, SC 120 $21.44 $44,590
Danbury, CT 120 $24.35 $50,650
Logan, UT-ID 120 $14.92 $31,040
Racine, WI 120 $22.08 $45,920
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 120 $24.63 $51,230
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 120 $17.96 $37,350
Dubuque, IA 120 $17.73 $36,880
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 120 $18.52 $38,530
Waco, TX 120 $15.65 $32,560
Binghamton, NY 110 $16.85 $35,050
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 110 $16.66 $34,650
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 110 $16.29 $33,880
Coeur d'Alene, ID 110 $17.76 $36,930
Amarillo, TX 110 $13.91 $28,920
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 110 $20.12 $41,860
Olympia, WA 110 $20.37 $42,380
Manchester, NH 110 $19.44 $40,440
Springfield, IL 100 $18.15 $37,760
State College, PA 100 $18.17 $37,790
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 100 $22.33 $46,440
Bloomington-Normal, IL 100 $17.80 $37,020
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 100 $15.67 $32,600
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 100 $15.54 $32,320
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 100 $14.12 $29,360
Santa Fe, NM 100 $21.97 $45,700
St. George, UT 100 $19.09 $39,700
Mobile, AL 100 $19.99 $41,590
Missoula, MT 90 $17.20 $35,780
Rapid City, SD 90 $15.80 $32,860
Johnson City, TN 90 $15.31 $31,840
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 90 $20.24 $42,100
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 90 $24.34 $50,630
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 90 $19.42 $40,380
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 90 $17.02 $35,410
Idaho Falls, ID 90 $14.46 $30,080
Fort Smith, AR-OK 90 $15.09 $31,380
Flagstaff, AZ 90 $19.85 $41,290
Tuscaloosa, AL 80 $15.62 $32,500
Visalia-Porterville, CA 80 $21.52 $44,760
Greenville, NC 80 $19.41 $40,360
Utica-Rome, NY 80 $19.28 $40,100
Kingston, NY 80 $16.00 $33,280
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 80 $18.46 $38,400
Ocala, FL 80 $16.49 $34,310
Lynchburg, VA 80 $17.85 $37,120
Billings, MT 80 $16.76 $34,850
Eau Claire, WI 80 $18.54 $38,550
Lebanon, PA 80 $17.66 $36,740
Redding, CA 80 $22.60 $47,010
College Station-Bryan, TX 80 $14.95 $31,100
Midland, TX 80 $16.26 $33,830
Lubbock, TX 80 $14.56 $30,280
Las Cruces, NM 70 $13.55 $28,180
Altoona, PA 70 $15.52 $32,270
Ames, IA 70 $19.63 $40,830
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 70 $17.21 $35,790
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 70 $16.54 $34,390
Grand Forks, ND-MN 70 $15.63 $32,510
Dothan, AL 70 $12.77 $26,550
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 70 $16.19 $33,670
Sheboygan, WI 70 $21.11 $43,910
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 70 $16.54 $34,400
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 70 $14.44 $30,040
Longview, TX 70 $14.57 $30,310
Waterbury, CT 70 $20.85 $43,370
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 70 $17.93 $37,290
Napa, CA 70 $22.07 $45,900
Burlington, NC 70 $18.30 $38,070
Decatur, IL 60 $12.64 $26,280
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $16.44 $34,190
Chico, CA 60 $16.79 $34,930
Jefferson City, MO 60 $14.43 $30,020
Lake Charles, LA 60 $13.33 $27,730
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 60 $18.87 $39,260
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 60 $16.67 $34,670
Janesville, WI 60 $16.51 $34,340
Merced, CA 60 $19.61 $40,790
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 60 $17.80 $37,030
Cheyenne, WY 60 $18.64 $38,770
Gainesville, GA 60 $21.28 $44,270
Punta Gorda, FL 50 $17.89 $37,220
Brunswick, GA 50 $23.22 $48,300
Macon, GA 50 $16.91 $35,160
Joplin, MO 50 $14.08 $29,290
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 50 $15.22 $31,660
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 50 $15.57 $32,390
Bangor, ME 50 $16.86 $35,080
Pocatello, ID 50 $13.73 $28,560
Pittsfield, MA 50 $18.33 $38,120
New Bedford, MA 50 $19.62 $40,810
Bowling Green, KY 50 $17.99 $37,420
Terre Haute, IN 50 $16.19 $33,670
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 50 $16.29 $33,890
Williamsport, PA 50 $15.88 $33,030
Johnstown, PA 50 $17.05 $35,450
Corvallis, OR 50 $18.82 $39,140
Mansfield, OH 50 $16.14 $33,570
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 50 $16.28 $33,850
Anniston-Oxford, AL 50 $20.13 $41,870
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 50 $11.85 $24,640
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 50 $19.21 $39,950
Prescott, AZ 50 $17.67 $36,750
Harrisonburg, VA 50 $18.29 $38,050
Tyler, TX 50 $15.94 $33,160
Abilene, TX 50 $17.67 $36,750
Casper, WY 50 $13.72 $28,540
Wheeling, WV-OH 50 $15.21 $31,640
Pueblo, CO 50 $17.00 $35,350
Dover, DE 50 $17.10 $35,570
Winchester, VA-WV 40 $19.87 $41,330
Morgantown, WV 40 $17.16 $35,690
Ithaca, NY 40 $18.49 $38,450
Albany, GA 40 $16.09 $33,470
Jacksonville, NC 40 $18.81 $39,120
Decatur, AL 40 $15.90 $33,080
Wenatchee, WA 40 $15.64 $32,530
Auburn-Opelika, AL 40 $17.85 $37,130
Fond du Lac, WI 40 $18.33 $38,120
Hattiesburg, MS 40 $15.42 $32,070
Glens Falls, NY 40 $21.53 $44,780
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 40 $15.95 $33,180
Springfield, OH 40 $22.11 $45,980
Owensboro, KY 40 $14.07 $29,270
Grand Junction, CO 40 $19.78 $41,130
Monroe, LA 40 $19.40 $40,360
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 40 $19.74 $41,050
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 40 $22.54 $46,880
Cumberland, MD-WV 40 $16.80 $34,940
Corpus Christi, TX 40 $16.49 $34,300
Salisbury, MD 40 $16.23 $33,760
Battle Creek, MI 40 $16.63 $34,590
Morristown, TN 40 $14.88 $30,960
Cleveland, TN 40 $14.42 $30,000
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 40 $15.31 $31,840
Florence, SC 40 $19.03 $39,580
Valdosta, GA 40 $15.56 $32,370
Yakima, WA 40 $15.19 $31,600
St. Joseph, MO-KS 40 $14.32 $29,780
Yuma, AZ 30 $17.06 $35,480
Pascagoula, MS 30 $16.42 $34,150
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 30 $16.43 $34,170
Great Falls, MT 30 $15.14 $31,500
Anderson, SC 30 $15.76 $32,770
Alexandria, LA 30 $16.06 $33,400
San Angelo, TX 30 $16.21 $33,710
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 30 $16.03 $33,340
Fairbanks, AK 30 $16.87 $35,090
Greeley, CO Not available $13.56 $28,210
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