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Graphic Designers
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.
What a graphic designer does
Become a graphic designer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good graphic designer
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
- Understanding people's reactions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $40 per hour with a typical salary of $78,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $29 and $51 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $28,700 and $87,200 per year.
- 60% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $30 per hour with a typical salary of $32,000 per year.
- 33.9% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Graphic Designer job outlook
- There are 4,928 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 842 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 12% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.