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Interior designers by US metro, 2022

The US had 16,333 interior designers with paid staff in 2022, employing 53,565 people at an average of $64,949 a year. 94% have fewer than 10 staff and the average has 3.3 people. New York has the most of the big metros listed here, with 1,685.

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Interior designers in the biggest US metros

MetroBusinessesEmployeesAvg payUnder 10 staffRank of 387
New York1,6855,613$82,77794%1st
Los Angeles1,3744,375$77,42594%2nd
Miami9482,459$62,74996%3rd
Chicago6512,638$71,29491%4th
Atlanta5191,442$65,34095%6th
Dallas4611,986$72,52290%7th
Washington3511,703$69,64191%8th
Boston3201,084$77,06994%10th
Houston3191,184$59,42793%11th
Philadelphia248960$68,74993%16th

Each metro page adds the size mix, a calculator for what your team's admin hours cost at local pay, and the jobs interior designers hand to AI first.

Where these numbers come from

The U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (released 2024), NAICS 541410 (Interior design services). Businesses with paid employees only. More metros are added as each set is checked. Page checked 2026-11-12.

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