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Web and Digital Interface Designers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$104,000

United States, 2025

Employment

113,330

United States, 2025

Typical education

Not recorded

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.

O*NET code
15-1255.00
Job zone
4
Experience required
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years

Typical tasks

  • Identify problems uncovered by testing or customer feedback, and correct problems or refer problems to appropriate personnel for correction.
  • Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.
  • Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.
  • Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.
  • Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.
  • Develop new visual design concepts and modify concepts based on stakeholder feedback.
  • Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups.
  • Respond to user email inquiries, or set up automated systems to send responses.

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Salary analysis — United States

$53,750
10th
$73,290
25th
$104,000
Median
$158,820
75th
$201,550
90th

10th percentile

$53,750

25th percentile

$73,290

75th percentile

$158,820

90th percentile

$201,550

Most important skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.8
  • Critical Thinking3.5
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.5
  • Active Listening3.4
  • Active Learning3.4
  • Complex Problem Solving3.4
  • Programming3.3
  • Speaking3.1
  • Writing3.1
  • Monitoring3.1
  • Operations Analysis3.0
  • Time Management3.0

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 12 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

12

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension3.83.8Not selected3.8
Critical Thinking3.53.5Not selected3.5
Judgment and Decision Making3.53.4Not selected3.4
Active Listening3.43.5Not selected3.5
Complex Problem Solving3.43.5Not selected3.5
Active Learning3.43.4Not selected3.4
Writing3.13.5Not selected3.5
Speaking3.13.4Not selected3.4
Monitoring3.13.4Not selected3.4
Time Management3.03.1Not selected3.1
Programming3.3Not selected
Operations Analysis3.0Not selected

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
San Jose, CA$201,2604,4002025
San Francisco, CA$163,8106,6302025
Boulder, CO$139,9003602025
CA$136,11027,0902025
Seattle, WA$133,76010,3302025
Durham, NC$133,3405102025
WA$130,48011,5802025
Ithaca, NY$125,810402025
San Diego, CA$123,8501,2702025
Boston, MA$122,2702,3302025
NY$120,99016,5602025
Portland, OR$120,6408802025
Austin, TX$119,9501,0802025
New York, NY$119,19014,9902025
Atlanta, GA$118,1901,8902025
Santa Cruz, CA$114,220602025
Manchester, NH$113,7001402025
MA$113,5402,7402025
Sacramento, CA$112,8404802025
Bremerton, WA$111,420502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.