Web and Digital Interface Designers
Also called: Administrator, Computer Graphic Artist, Computer Graphic Designer, Digital Designer, Experience Designer, Front End Developer, Front End Web Developer, HTML Developer (HyperText Markup Language Developer)
Design digital user interfaces or websites.
What web and digital interface designers do
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.
- Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
- Perform or direct Web site updates.
- Identify or maintain links to and from other Web sites and check links to ensure proper functioning.
- Direct and execute pre-production activities, such as creating moodboards or storyboards and establishing a project timeline.
Typical path into the job (BLS)
Web and Digital Interface Designers salary
The median annual wage for web and digital interface designers is $104,000 (BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, national). The lowest 10 percent earn less than $53,750 and the highest 10 percent earn more than $201,550. The mean annual wage is $117,490.
The mean hourly wage of $56.00 is 7.7× the federal minimum wage of $7.25. State minimums are higher in most large states. Minimum wage by state →
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Pay by percentile
Annual wage percentiles from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Percentiles are a good proxy for pay by experience.
Projected pay for Web and Digital Interface Designers (3, 5 and 10 years)est.
Today $104,000 → in 3 years $111,100 → in 5 years $116,100 → in 10 years $129,700 (10-year range $111,500–$150,500). The model assumes pay growth of +2.2% per year.
What drives the annual growth rate
Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →
Outlook score for Web and Digital Interface Designers
Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.
Will AI replace Web and Digital Interface Designers? AI replacement risk
How AI is changing this job
A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.
AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using O*NET work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →
Labor demand for Web and Digital Interface Designers
Employment projections are from the BLS Employment Projections program (2025–35). Annual openings include both new jobs and replacement of workers who leave the occupation.
The same job in Japan
| Web and Digital Interface Designers United States | Webデザイナー（Web制作会社） Japan | Webディレクター（Web制作会社） Japan | UX/UIデザイナー Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median / average pay | $104,000 | ¥5.40M ≈ $34,314 | ¥5.83M ≈ $37,094 | ¥5.78M ≈ $36,787 |
| Pay in 10 years (est.) | $129,700 | ¥5.74M | ¥6.97M | ¥6.73M |
| Outlook score | 57 | 23 | 44 | 38 |
| AI replacement risk | 79% High | 78% High | 79% High | 77% High |
| Workers | 113K | — | — | — |
Matched by occupation (SOC code). Yen converted at 157.25 JPY/USD for reference; Japanese figures are averages, U.S. figures are medians, and the surveys define occupations differently.
Skills, education and requirements for Web and Digital Interface Designers
Key skills
O*NET skill level ratings (0–7).
Key knowledge areas
What the work involves
Important abilities
Training before entry
Related work experience
Job Zone 4 — considerable preparation needed (O*NET)
Difficulty of entry: ★★★★☆ Demanding (from education, training, experience and Job Zone)
How to become web and digital interface designers
A step-by-step guide for this occupation is being prepared. The education, training and experience data above show the typical path.
Career path and how to earn more as web and digital interface designers
Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by percentile is shown in the Pay section.