The bottom line? Web design is a secure and growing job market. Two
sources that are something of authorities on jobs and Web design agree on
this point. The United States Department of Labor predicts that positions
for graphic designers will increase 13% from 2008 to 2018, with over 36,000
new jobs being added. It also states that “individuals with website design
[...] will have the best opportunities.”
And in the 2008 A List Apart Survey For People Who Make Websites, 93.5%
of respondents said they were at least fairly confident about their job
security.
I’ll sleep well tonight knowing that the industry I love isn’t going the way of
the dodo... and that I didn’t lie to a class full of eager young designers in
Colorado.