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Graphic Designers

SOC 27-1024 · 2024-2034

Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$77,233per year
Projected openings
24,970
Projected change
+1.2%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Active Listening
  2. Speaking
  3. Active Learning
  4. Writing
  5. Critical Thinking
  6. Coordination

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$101,2081,480
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$99,6382,370
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$89,012220
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$81,9911,390
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$78,85410,840
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$77,5211,090
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$76,9893,330
Napa MSA (Napa County)$76,484100
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$69,838240
Merced MSA (Merced County)$68,83140
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$68,831160
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$68,215110
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$67,640370
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$66,674120
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$63,79830
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$63,7261,370
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$63,141130
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$62,44230
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$62,39140
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$61,76470
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$60,881250
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$60,768160
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$60,21370
Chico MSA (Butte County)$57,00870
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$56,20760
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$56,18790
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)Not reported2,260
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)Not reported140
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)Not reported240

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Special Effects Artists and Animators$134,19417,760+7%
Art Directors$141,63730,370+5.5%
Web and Digital Interface Designers$139,92023,940+13.9%
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators$59,8706,030+6.3%
Set and Exhibit Designers$107,9705,810+4.2%
Commercial and Industrial Designers$103,5914,320+1.9%

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