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Web and Digital Interface Designers

Information TechnologyO*NET 15-1255.00United States

Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices.

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Median annual earnings
$97,419

50th percentile, United States

Projected change
+11.7%

2025 to 2035

Typical education
Bachelor's degree

50% of the workforce

Employment
128.53K jobs

Growing to 143.53K by 2035

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The work

What web and digital interface designers do

Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.

  • Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.
  • Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.
  • Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites.
  • Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
  • Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions.
  • Create searchable indices for Web page content.
  • Create Web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.
  • Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
  • Develop and document style guidelines for Web site content.
  • Develop new visual design concepts and modify concepts based on stakeholder feedback.
  • Develop or implement procedures for ongoing Web site revision.
  • Develop system interaction or sequence diagrams.
  • Develop Web site maps, application models, image templates, or page templates that meet project goals, user needs, or industry standards.
  • Develop, validate, and document test routines and schedules to ensure that test cases mimic external interfaces and address all browser and device types.
  • Direct and execute pre-production activities, such as creating moodboards or storyboards and establishing a project timeline.
  • Document technical factors such as server load, bandwidth, database performance, and browser and device types.
  • Identify or maintain links to and from other Web sites and check links to ensure proper functioning.
  • Identify problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback, and correct problems or refer problems to appropriate personnel for correction.
  • Incorporate technical considerations into Web site design plans, such as budgets, equipment, performance requirements, or legal issues including accessibility and privacy.
  • Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
  • Perform or direct Web site updates.
  • Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.
  • Provide clear, detailed descriptions of Web site specifications, such as product features, activities, software, communication protocols, programming languages, and operating systems software and hardware.
  • Register Web sites with search engines to increase Web site traffic.
  • Research and apply innovative solutions for product design, visuals, and user experience to meet the needs of individual Web development projects.
  • Research, document, rate, or select alternatives for Web architecture or technologies.
  • Respond to user email inquiries, or set up automated systems to send responses.
  • Select programming languages, design tools, or applications.
  • Write and edit technical documentation for digital interface products and designs, such as user manuals, testing protocols, and reports.
  • Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.

Pay and outlook

What the job pays and where it is heading

Annual earnings range

Reported earnings by percentile, United States

10th percentile
$49,088
25th percentile
$67,718
50th percentile
$97,419
75th percentile
$150,189
90th percentile
$195,862

The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $97,419 and half earn less.

Employment outlook

2025 to 2035 projection

+11.7%faster than average
2025128,526 jobs
2035 projected143,530 jobs

15,004 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.

Preparation

Education levels

What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.

Bachelor's degree
50%
Certificate
16.7%
Associate degree
16.7%
High school diploma or less
12.5%
Some college
4.2%

Skills

Skills employers ask for

Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.

  • User Experience (UX)
  • Prototyping
  • Figma (Design Software)
  • User Experience (UX) Design
  • User Interface (UI)
  • Workflow Management
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Product Design
  • User Research
  • Usability
  • Wireframing
  • Usability Testing
  • Scalability
  • Agile Methodology
  • Interaction Design
  • User Interface (UI) Design
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Influencing Without Authority
  • Visual Design
  • User-Centered Design

How the work gets done

Core competencies

Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.

In the market

Job titles and employers

Recent job postings in United States

Common job titles

  1. 01UX Designers2,962 postings
  2. 02UI/UX Designers2,904 postings
  3. 03Product Designers2,221 postings
  4. 04User Experience Designers1,908 postings
  5. 05UX Researchers1,324 postings
  6. 06UI Developers596 postings
  7. 07Experience Designers589 postings
  8. 08Content Designers520 postings
  9. 09Interface Designers510 postings
  10. 10Web Designers466 postings
  11. 11UI/UX Developers453 postings
  12. 12UI Designers429 postings
  13. 13Conversation Designers421 postings
  14. 14Lead UX Designers406 postings
  15. 15Lead Product Designers377 postings
  16. 16UI/UX Product Designers326 postings
  17. 17Design Researchers311 postings
  18. 18Directors of User Experience280 postings
  19. 19Design Principals274 postings
  20. 20Digital Designers267 postings

Top employers

  1. 01General Motors1,436 postings
  2. 02Google1,107 postings
  3. 03Amazon652 postings
  4. 04Cengage Learning613 postings
  5. 05GovCIO538 postings
  6. 06Teradata Operations463 postings
  7. 07Robert Half417 postings
  8. 08Accenture364 postings
  9. 09JPMorgan Chase364 postings
  10. 10Apple351 postings
  11. 11PayPal347 postings
  12. 12Insight Global323 postings
  13. 13TEKsystems294 postings
  14. 14Ford289 postings
  15. 15Humana236 postings
  16. 16Sedgwick230 postings
  17. 17Pearson Education223 postings
  18. 18Beacon Hill Staffing Group218 postings
  19. 19Deloitte210 postings
  20. 20Microsoft175 postings

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