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Web and Digital Interface Designers
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.
Other titles employers use
Technology Applications Engineer · Web Architect · Web Design Specialist · Web Designer · Webmaster · Digital Designer · Graphic Web Designer · Web Content Specialist
Who it suits
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- Analytical
- Investigating questions, testing ideas, and solving problems
- Creative
- Making, designing, writing, or performing without one set answer
- Organizing
- Creating order, checking details, and keeping work accurate
Tools of the work
Technology you may use.
- Web platform development software
- Development environment software
- Object or component oriented development software
- Operating system software
- Data base management system software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Graphics or photo imaging software
- Application server software
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- People doing this work
- 34,300
- Job openings each year
- 2,670
- Expected hiring change, 2022–2032
- 12.8%
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| State | People doing it | Job openings each year | Expected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 34,300 | 2,670 | 12.8% |
| Texas | 11,560 | 970 | 26.8% |
| Florida | 6,850 | 570 | 23.6% |
| Virginia | 4,460 | 350 | 14.4% |
| North Carolina | 4,300 | 360 | 25.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 4,240 | 330 | 14.0% |
| Colorado | 4,130 | 350 | 28.3% |
| Georgia | 3,960 | 330 | 24.9% |
| Illinois | 3,310 | 260 | 12.6% |
| New Jersey | 2,880 | 220 | 11.2% |
| Utah | 2,780 | 240 | 33.0% |
| Tennessee | 2,540 | 230 | 38.8% |
| Iowa | 2,380 | 200 | 24.0% |
| Missouri | 2,180 | 170 | 13.0% |
| Michigan | 2,130 | 160 | 12.1% |
| Arizona | 2,050 | 170 | 22.8% |
| Indiana | 2,040 | 160 | 17.2% |
| Minnesota | 2,010 | 160 | 12.3% |
| Maryland | 1,910 | 160 | 18.6% |
| District of Columbia | 1,470 | 120 | 14.0% |
| Connecticut | 1,390 | 110 | 11.2% |
| Nevada | 1,180 | 100 | 28.3% |
| Wisconsin | 1,080 | 90 | 24.1% |
| South Carolina | 1,070 | 90 | 25.9% |
| Massachusetts | 1,040 | 80 | 15.6% |
| Oklahoma | 890 | 70 | 12.7% |
| Nebraska | 870 | 70 | 16.0% |
| Arkansas | 820 | 70 | 20.6% |
| Kentucky | 690 | 50 | 13.1% |
| Maine | 500 | 40 | 8.7% |
| Kansas | 410 | 30 | 5.1% |
| New Hampshire | 410 | 30 | 17.1% |
| Vermont | 330 | 30 | 26.9% |
| Montana | 300 | 30 | 25.0% |
| Puerto Rico | 300 | 30 | 25.0% |
| Mississippi | 290 | 20 | 26.1% |
| Louisiana | 210 | 20 | 16.7% |
| West Virginia | 130 | 10 | 8.3% |
| North Dakota | 120 | 10 | 9.1% |
| South Dakota | 90 | 10 | 12.5% |
| Alaska | 40 | 0 | 33.3% |
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Western Governors University
- Degrees each year
- 4,940
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Annual cost after aid
- $13,000
Southern New Hampshire University
- Degrees each year
- 2,813
- Admit rate
- 96%
- Annual cost after aid
- $37,000
University of Maryland Global Campus
- Degrees each year
- 3,000
- Admit rate
- Not reported
- Annual cost after aid
- —
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Degrees each year
- 1,387
- Admit rate
- 18%
- Annual cost after aid
- $5,000
The University of Texas at Dallas
- Degrees each year
- 1,299
- Admit rate
- 65%
- Annual cost after aid
- $14,000
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
- Degrees each year
- 1,160
- Admit rate
- 16%
- Annual cost after aid
- $11,000
University of California-Berkeley
- Degrees each year
- 1,731
- Admit rate
- 12%
- Annual cost after aid
- $10,000
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Degrees each year
- 1,152
- Admit rate
- 43%
- Annual cost after aid
- $8,000
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