Will AI replace Graphic Designers?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
39/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 60% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 19% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 78% of the work
What the job involves
Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(3)
- Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
- Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Web sites.
- Use computer software to generate new images.
Within reach(10)
- Key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.
- Review final layouts and suggest improvements, as needed.
- Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
- Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design.
- Draw and print charts, graphs, illustrations, and other artwork, using computer.
and 5 more
Out of reach(3)
- Prepare notes and instructions for workers who assemble and prepare final layouts for printing.
- Mark up, paste, and assemble final layouts to prepare layouts for printer.
- Photograph layouts, using camera, to make layout prints for supervisors or clients.
Also called
Graphic Artist · Graphic Designer · Visual Designer · Production Artist · Ad Layout Worker (Advertising Layout Worker) · Ad Layout Worker · Catalogue Illustrator · Forms Designer
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics