Graphic Designers

Arts, Design, Entertainment & Media

AI exposure

  • Data source: BLSPublished: '26.08

    Very high· relative

    LowFour relative bandsVery high

    Group-level value

    Scale, basis and source

    Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)

    831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band

    Source dataset (XLSX download)

  • Data source: AnthropicPublished: '26.03

    0.367

    0.000Range of values carried here0.745
    Scale, basis and source

    Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published

    Mapped onto O*NET tasks

    Source dataset

  • Data source: ILOPublished: '25

    0.49

    0.09Range of values carried here0.70

    Group-level value

    Scale, basis and source

    Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published

    ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value

    Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 21% score at or above this value.

    Source dataset

What kind of figure this source publishes

The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.

Task-level exposure

Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.

TaskβE1 + 0.5 × E2
Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.

O*NET Task ID 299

0.5
Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.

O*NET Task ID 300

0.5
Use computer software to generate new images.

O*NET Task ID 301

0.5
Mark up, paste, and assemble final layouts to prepare layouts for printer.

O*NET Task ID 302

0.5
Draw and print charts, graphs, illustrations, and other artwork, using computer.

O*NET Task ID 303

0.5
Review final layouts and suggest improvements, as needed.

O*NET Task ID 304

0.5
Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design.

O*NET Task ID 305

0.5
Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Web sites.

O*NET Task ID 306

0.5
Key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.

O*NET Task ID 307

0.5
Prepare illustrations or rough sketches of material, discussing them with clients or supervisors and making necessary changes.

O*NET Task ID 308

0.5

β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.

Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page

Occupation information

Recent Changes Affecting This Occupation

Apr 2026: Generative AI tools competing with mid-level designers. AI was #1 reason for March 2026 job cuts at 15,341 positions (25% of 60,620 total). Cumulative AI cuts since 2023: 107,094.

[Source: Challenger March 2026]

Mar 2026: Adobe reports 65% of creative professionals now use AI generation tools in their workflow

[Source: Adobe Research]

Mar 2026: HBR: Graphic designers identified as automation-vulnerable occupation with declining job postings since generative AI tools became widely available.

[Source: HBR (Mar 2026)]