Set and Exhibit Designers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications
Design special exhibits and sets for film, video, television, and theater productions. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.

What a set and exhibit designer does

Become a set and exhibit designer

If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good set and exhibit designer

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
  • Reading work related information.
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Discover what you could earn in Washington

  • Average hourly rate is $42 per hour with an average salary of $77,300 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $28 and $48 per hour.
  • 12% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.

Part-time

  • The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $35 per hour with an average salary of $33,200 per year.

Set And Exhibit Designer job outlook

  • There are 73 workers in this occupation in Washington.
  • There are 142 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.

Multiple Jobs

  • 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
  • 42% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

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