Jobs · Graphic designer
Will AI replace graphic designers?
Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 60% of the working time in a typical graphic designer job today. The other 40% still needs a person.
19 responsibilities · a typical graphic designer job
40% of the work still needs a person.
Median pay $62,960 a year in the U.S. (BLS, May 2025).
Still needs a person
- Talk layout needs through with clients
AI can do or help with
- Create design concepts and sample layouts AI helps
- Choose layout, image sizes and fonts AI helps
- Build layouts on the computer AI can do it
- Make new images with software AI helps
- Review final layouts and suggest fixes AI helps
- Design logos, product graphics and web visuals AI helps
The biggest responsibilities of each kind. "AI helps" means a person still does it, with AI taking on part of the time. See all 19, with the reason for each and the cost of handing them to AI.
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Questions people ask
Will AI replace graphic designers?
Much of the work, but not all of it. AI could take on about 60% of the working time in a typical graphic designer job today. The other 40% still needs a person. That is a split of the work, not a forecast of jobs lost.
Which parts of the job can AI do?
The biggest ones AI can do or help with: create design concepts and sample layouts, choose layout, image sizes and fonts, build layouts on the computer, make new images with software, review final layouts and suggest fixes, design logos, product graphics and web visuals.
Which parts still need a person?
The biggest ones: talk layout needs through with clients.
How is this measured?
Each of the 19 responsibilities the U.S. Department of Labor lists for this job (O*NET 31.0) is scored on 4 questions: can AI do it, does it get it right, must a person sign for it, and do people need to deal with a real person. The split is weighted by how much of the job each responsibility takes up. Scores version 0.3.1, updated September 24, 2026.
Responsibilities from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor). Pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Scores are calibrated to published research and updated every month. How it works.
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