Compare Interior Designers & Landscape Architects 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
Landscape Architects $94,500

Similar skills & knowledge

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

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.

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

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.

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

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

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

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.

Speaking
Talking to others.

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

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.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

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

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

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

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

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

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.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.


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.

Biology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Very Low
Biology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects
Medium

Biology
Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

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Transportation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Very Low
Transportation Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects
Medium

Transportation
Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Low
Geography Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects
High

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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History and Archeology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Low
History and Archeology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects
Medium

History and Archeology
Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

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Law and Government Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Low
Law and Government Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects
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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Engineering and Technology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Interior Designers
Interior Designers
Medium
Engineering and Technology Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects
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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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 Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects

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 Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects

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 Landscape Architects
Landscape Architects

2 related certifications

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