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What is a house designer and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025
3 min read
Quoted Expert
Dr. Sarah Satterfield Ph.D.
The average house designer salary is $73,325. The most common degree is a bachelor's degree degree with an graphic design major. It usually takes 6-12 months of experience to become a house designer. House designers with a Certified Interior Designer (NCIDQ) certification earn more money. Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 3% and produce 6,800 job opportunities across the U.S.

What general advice would you give to a House Designer?

Dr. Sarah Satterfield Ph.D.

Department Chair Visual and Performing Arts, Professor of Music and Humanities, College of Central Florida

I was once told, if you do what you love, you will never "work" a day in your life. I have found this true in my own career and hope our VPA graduates will find it true in theirs as well. The arts offer such a unique means of engaging and we, as arts educators, have an ability to "reach" those we have contact with, in a unique way.
ScoreHouse DesignerUS Average
Salary
5.7

Avg. Salary $73,325

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability Level
4.2

Growth Rate 3%

Growth Rate 0.3%

Diversity
4.5
Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.37%

Asian 10.42%

Black or African American 3.42%

Hispanic or Latino 10.63%

Unknown 4.99%

White 70.17%

Gender

female 46.76%

male 53.24%

Age - 37
Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 37
Stress Level
4.2

Stress level is moderate

7.1 - high

Complexity Level
8.5

Complexity Level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work Life Balance
3.9

Work Life balance is poor

6.4 - fair

House Designer career paths

Key steps to become a house designer

  1. Explore house designer education requirements

    Most common house designer degrees

    Bachelor's

    72.5 %

    Associate

    17.0 %

    Master's

    6.0 %
  2. Start to develop specific house designer skills

    SkillsPercentages
    Photoshop18.40%
    In-House18.03%
    Design Solutions8.57%
    Production Process5.82%
    Design Concepts5.43%
  3. Complete relevant house designer training and internships

    Accountants spend an average of 1-3 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New house designers learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a house designer based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real house designer resumes.
  4. Research house designer duties and responsibilities

    • Lead the transition from paste-up, typesetting, pasting up page layout to digital ad/page building and web printing.
    • Collaborate with in-house design to produce course calendar for educational offerings; oversee print production process & distribution to regional educators.
    • Collaborate with various parks and botanical gardens around Chicago to provide rebranding
  5. Prepare your house designer resume

    When your background is strong enough, you can start writing your house designer resume.

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  6. Apply for house designer jobs

    Now it's time to start searching for a house designer job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

    1. Browse job boards for relevant postings
    2. Consult your professional network
    3. Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
    4. Watch out for job scams

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Average house designer salary

The average House Designer salary in the United States is $73,325 per year or $35 per hour. House designer salaries range between $44,000 and $119,000 per year.

Average House Designer Salary
$73,325 Yearly
$35.25 hourly

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2022
Pros

There is so much to like about working as Graphic Designer ... the seeing how all the elements of words, space, colors, visuals (photos, graphics, charts,...) come together on a page...sharing info with others to learn and use

Cons

When working with others who can not make up their minds as deadline approaches nor take responsibility and blames others for their own "misdoings".


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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros

It is something I enjoy! Something I’m good at! Something I could do as hobby and get paid for

Cons

That I don’t get to do it more often


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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros

I generally like what I do because what I do is from my own effort and I like to do something that even others would mind to know how it's done and that's why I usually keep on having more designs

Cons

I usually don't like impatient people and those u quickly judge what I do having not seen the results


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Updated January 8, 2025

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