Compare Interior Designers & Architects, Except Landscape and Naval District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Interior Designers $80,500
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval $101,800

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

Fine Arts
Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

Sales and Marketing
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

Negotiation
Bringing people together to solve differences.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Design
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Management of Financial Resources
Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.

Management of Personnel Resources
Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Physics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Very Low
Physics Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Medium

Physics
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

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Quality Control Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Very Low
Quality Control Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Medium

Quality Control Analysis
Testing how well a product or service works.

Engineering and Technology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Medium
Engineering and Technology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
High

Engineering and Technology
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

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Building and Construction Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Medium
Building and Construction Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Very High

Building and Construction
Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Low
Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Medium

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

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Law and Government Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Low
Law and Government Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Medium

Law and Government
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

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Judgment and Decision Making Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Medium
Judgment and Decision Making Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
High

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Low
Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Medium

Geography
Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

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Typical Level Of Training

See how much education people typically have in your selected job, and then use the link to find training programs in your local area.

Typical level Of training for Interior Designers
Interior Designers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

Licensing

Many states require licenses for certain jobs. See if your selected occupation requires a license and if so, follow the link to find information for your state.

Licensing for Interior Designers
Interior Designers

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

License may be required in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Interior Designers
Interior Designers

15 related certifications

Certification for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

20 related certifications

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