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Creative & Media · Updated Aug 2026

Interior Designers

Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
69/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
58/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence83/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.High
73
Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).High
73
Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.High
72
Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.High
75
Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.High
74
Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.High
74
Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.Medium
75
Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.Medium
75
Design spaces to be environmentally friendly, using sustainable, recycled materials when feasible.Medium
75
Research and explore the use of new materials, technologies, and products to incorporate into designs.Medium
73
Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans.High
61
Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.Medium
64
Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.High
18
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.75
  2. Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.75
  3. Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.75
  4. Design spaces to be environmentally friendly, using sustainable, recycled materials when feasible.75
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.01
  2. Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.02
  3. Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).03
  4. Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.04
  5. Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency70
Physical dependency36
Adoption pressure57
Labour-market resilience59
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence83/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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