# Digital design is now a real job

DevFeed: [Digital design is now a real job](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/digital-design-is-now-a-real-job-9628.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/digital-design-is-now-a-real-job/>)

Author: Andrew Hogan

Published: 2022-06-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statistics.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>)

Tags: [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [digital-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-design.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [india](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/india.md>), [linkedin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linkedin.md>), [recruiting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recruiting.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [uk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/uk.md>), [us](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/us.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains that the US Bureau of Labor Statistics has formally recognized web and digital interface designers as a distinct job category. It presents this change, along with employment projections and international LinkedIn data, as evidence of strong and growing demand for digital design and UX professionals.

## Source excerpt

The US government just changed the way it tracks jobs. Here's what that means for the next decade of design.