Approximate difference in total U.S. employment for the whole Web and Digital Interface Designers category.
Job outlook · United States · BLS projections
UX designer
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BLS projects 6% employment growth through 2035 for the wider Web and Digital Interface Designers group. That is useful context, but it is not a UX-only forecast or a count of jobs in your city.
Projected employment change+6%Broader occupation · 2025–35
All occupations+3%U.S. average · same period
Average annual openings8,300Across the broader occupation
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Projected percentage employment change, 2025–35. BLS rounded the rates. It does not separate UX-only employment from the broader occupational category.
- Web and Digital Interface Designers+6%
- All occupations+3%
BLS employment projections, 2025–35. The bars share a 0–10% visual scale and compare rounded national projections.
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8,300 openings a year
does not mean 8,300 new jobs.
BLS reports about 132,700 jobs in the broad category in 2025 and projects 140,800 in 2035—roughly 8,000 net additional jobs after rounding. It also estimates an average of 8,300 openings per year as workers transfer occupations or leave the labor force.
Openings include replacement needs. They are not all newly created jobs, UX-only roles, entry-level posts or current vacancies.
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BLS national employment projections for 2025–35. Counts and percentages describe Web and Digital Interface Designers as a whole. Annual openings are not the same as newly created jobs or current vacancies.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Web Developers and Digital Designers ↗
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025–35 projections by occupation ↗
Sources checked 28 September 2026. Where official sources use the broader Web and Digital Interface Designers occupation, they do not isolate UX designers. U.S. figures are not a local-market or other-country estimate.
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