Job openings requiring digital design skills are expanding as fast as the Web itself. The number of all Internet-related jobs is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations in the next decade as more and more companies use the Internet to do business. Emerging technologies lead to more jobs each year.
Digital design skills can be applied to jobs in many industries and subfields in many others. Most companies need designers in one capacity or another, and the demand for such skilled workers is only increasing.
Both America’s Career Infonet and U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics offer occupation descriptions and working conditions, as well as projected salaries, for workers in the following industries:
Salaries and Projected Job Growth
According to America’s Career Infonet, average salaries for Computer Graphics-related occupations were as follows across the nation in 2006:
| Job |
Hourly Rate |
Annual Salary |
Projected Growth Through 2014 |
| Graphic designers |
$19.18 |
$39,900 |
+15% |
| Multimedia artists and animators |
$24.69 |
$51,400 |
+14% |
| Web developers (computer specialists) |
$32.97 |
$68,600 |
+19% |