As a new graduate of interior design school, you'll be competing with other talented individuals for jobs with firms of various sizes, or like many designers, hoping to set up your own small business and remain self-employed. The good news is that even new graduates of interior design programs earn well above minimum wage - you can reasonably expect to earn about $30,000US in your first full year of employment. As you gain experience, of course, your earnings will increase, and if you succeed in building a good reputation with your work, you may do extremely well. Those who combine great organizational skills with interior design talent progress to management positions and can earn 70,000US or more. Interior design distance education programs will get you started on a career path that may ultimately be not only satisfying but extremely lucrative.

In the United States, most graduates of interior design programs are employed by architectural and engineering firms, specialized firms providing design services, and furniture stores. Of these, architectural and engineering employers tend to offer the best salaries. Other employers who look for people with credentials from an interior design school are construction material suppliers and residential contractors. Almost one third of interior designers are self-employed, a life style with enviable freedom and considerable earning potential for the hard working and talented graduate of interior design distance education.

People are paying more attention to building design than ever before and employment opportunities for interior designers are expected to increase between now and 2014; credentials from an interior design distance education course will not be wasted. And with credentials from a good interior design school, you'll have a distinct advantage over others who are trying to establish a career without formal training.