Web and Digital Interface Designers
Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.
113,330 people do this job in the US. $104,000 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 18%
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Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 10%. Today's estimate: 17%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 30 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 9% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.7 work days | 21%Half by May 2027 | |
| Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 9% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 4.2 work days | 6%Half by Jan 2028 | |
| Develop new visual design concepts and modify concepts based on stakeholder feedback.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Create Web models or prototypes that include physical, interface, logical, or data models.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 6.7 h1.7 h to 2.5 work days | 8%Half by Sep 2027 | |
| Research and apply innovative solutions for product design, visuals, and user experience to meet the needs of individual Web development projects.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 6% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.3 work days | 19%Half by Mar 2027 | |
| Collaborate with management or users to develop e-commerce strategies and to integrate these strategies with Web sites.Done more than monthly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | Stays with people | |
| Collaborate with web development professionals, such as front-end or back-end developers, to complete the full scope of Web development projects.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 3.3 h50 min to 1.3 work days | Stays with people | |
| Direct and execute pre-production activities, such as creating moodboards or storyboards and establishing a project timeline.Done more than yearly by most who do it. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Develop and document style guidelines for Web site content.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | 17%Half by Apr 2027 | |
| Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 4% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Develop, validate, and document test routines and schedules to ensure that test cases mimic external interfaces and address all browser and device types.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 | |
| Research, document, rate, or select alternatives for Web architecture or technologies.Done more than yearly by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 4% | 5 h1.7 h to 2.1 work days | 15%Half by Jun 2027 |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
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From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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