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Commercial and Industrial Designers · SOC 27-1021

Commercial and Industrial Designers Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$85,660
Median hourly wage$41.18

Commercial and Industrial Designers in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $85,660 per year ($41.18 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,940 at the 10th percentile to $130,690 at the 90th. BLS estimates 120 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Commercial and Industrial Designers in the Washington metro area earn more than $85,660 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $68,350 and $109,870.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$43,940$68,350$85,660$109,870$130,690
Hourly$21.12$32.86$41.18$52.82$62.83

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $85,660
  • United Statesnational
    $83,910

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$47,840$78,997$110,153$141,310Logan, UT-ID — $47,840Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $58,310Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $58,690Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,090Ogden, UT — $62,060Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $62,990Birmingham, AL — $63,650Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $64,610Dubuque, IA — $64,690Salem, OR — $64,790Bend, OR — $64,990Oklahoma City, OK — $65,250Albuquerque, NM — $65,810Cedar Rapids, IA — $66,400Chattanooga, TN-GA — $66,500Fresno, CA — $67,650Fort Wayne, IN — $67,810Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $67,830Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $68,020Lancaster, PA — $68,110Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $69,290Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $70,150Knoxville, TN — $70,200North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $70,380Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $71,760Roanoke, VA — $71,920Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $72,370Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $74,150Portland-South Portland, ME — $74,480Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $74,640Dalton, GA — $74,660Columbia, SC — $74,960Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $75,400Boise City, ID — $76,300Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $76,320El Paso, TX — $76,630Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $76,790Omaha, NE-IA — $77,120Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $77,350Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $77,570Columbus, OH — $77,640Toledo, OH — $77,720Greensboro-High Point, NC — $77,820Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $78,010Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $78,140Reading, PA — $78,230Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $78,240Cleveland, OH — $78,270Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $78,360Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $78,890Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $79,410Stockton-Lodi, CA — $79,540Akron, OH — $79,640Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $79,820Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $80,150Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $80,160Jacksonville, FL — $80,240Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $80,300Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,440Kansas City, MO-KS — $80,450Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $80,590Winston-Salem, NC — $80,640Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $80,690Asheville, NC — $81,070Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $81,450San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $81,620Syracuse, NY — $81,650York-Hanover, PA — $81,690Lexington-Fayette, KY — $81,740Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $82,020Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $82,720Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $83,770Madison, WI — $83,840Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $84,080Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $84,230Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $84,540Tulsa, OK — $84,690Pittsburgh, PA — $84,760Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $85,280Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $85,480St. Louis, MO-IL — $85,530Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $85,660Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $86,090Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $86,120Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $86,920Rochester, NY — $87,570Raleigh-Cary, NC — $87,620Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $88,040Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $88,190Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $88,880Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $89,190Richmond, VA — $89,360Spartanburg, SC — $91,270Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $93,220Worcester, MA — $93,680Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $94,390Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $94,680New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $94,890Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $95,160Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $95,170Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $95,800Reno, NV — $96,060Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $96,260Colorado Springs, CO — $98,220New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $98,260San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $99,650Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $100,520Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $102,530San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $104,000Baton Rouge, LA — $104,210Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $104,980Wichita, KS — $105,180Boulder, CO — $107,990Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $108,180Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $112,950Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $119,490San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $141,310

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 36th-highest published median for this occupation among the 117 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Public Relations Specialists$101,680Editors$84,800Graphic Designers$85,420Coaches and Scouts$50,680Producers and Directors$100,270News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists$101,020

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.