Degree to Occupation Map
Occupations related to a web design and digital media degree
NCES and BLS publish a crosswalk relating instructional programs to occupations. This page lists every occupation that crosswalk relates to web design and digital media, with the BLS typical entry education, 2025 median wage and projected growth for each, and links to the RoleSprint page covering the role where one exists.
What occupations does the official crosswalk relate to a web design and digital media degree?
The CIP 2020-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk published by NCES and BLS relates 5 CIP 2020 programs in web design and digital media to 13 occupations. That maps a field of study to lines of work; it is not a statement that a web design and digital media degree qualifies someone for any of them, and the crosswalk carries no figure for how many graduates enter each. Across the 13 with a published 2025 BLS wage the median is $104,000, ranging from $62,960 for Graphic Designers to $175,140 for Computer and Information Systems Managers. BLS typical entry-level education splits 11 at bachelor's degree, 1 at master's degree, 1 at doctoral or professional degree: 11 at or below a bachelor's degree and 2 above it. Business Intelligence Analysts is projected to grow fastest at +34.6% over 2025-35. The highest-paid are Computer and Information Systems Managers ($175,140), Computer and Information Research Scientists ($140,300) and Database Architects ($139,500).
- Related occupations
- 13, from 5 CIP 2020 programs in web design and digital media (a further 1 related occupation has no BLS or O*NET row on this site and are not listed)
- What the mapping means
- NCES states only that it "crosswalks 2020 CIP Codes to 2018 SOC Codes". It relates a program to an occupation. It does not establish qualification, hiring, or how many graduates take that path.
- BLS typical entry-level education
- Bachelor's degree: 11; Master's degree: 1; Doctoral or professional degree: 1
- Median wage across these occupations
- $104,000 (2025); 13 of 13 have a published BLS wage
- Next step
- 7 of the 13 occupations have a dedicated RoleSprint page covering what the role requires and how the work is performed.
Source and method
2020 CIP / 2018 SOC Crosswalk, National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics, and BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2. Verified 2026-09-06. Program-to-occupation relationships are reproduced from the NCES/BLS crosswalk exactly as published; RoleSprint groups CIP programs into the field of study a person would search for and lists the union of their related occupations, showing every member CIP code. Wage, typical entry education and outlook are reproduced from BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2 for the matching SOC code. Working-condition figures are O*NET 30.3 means. No relationship strength, employment share or qualification judgement is published, because no source supplies one.
What this list is, and what it is not
The crosswalk's own description of itself is one sentence: “This file crosswalks 2020 CIP Codes to 2018 SOC Codes in ascending order by CIP Code.” It relates a field of study to lines of work.
It does not say a web design and digital media degree qualifies anyone for these occupations, that graduates usually enter them, or what share do: the crosswalk publishes no such figure. The wage and education columns come from a separate source, BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, and describe the occupation rather than the degree. Typical entry education is what BLS observes most often among people already doing the work; it is not a rule about who may be hired.
The 13 related occupations
Ordered by BLS median wage, highest first. 13 of 13 have a published wage.
| Occupation | BLS typical entry-level education | Median wage | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
Computer and Information Systems Managers SOC 11-3021 Contact with others 4.6 · Time pressure 3.4 · Sitting 4.6 · Outdoors, all weather 1.2 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $175,140 2025 median | +15.8% 2025-35 · 53.5 openings/yr |
Computer and Information Research Scientists SOC 15-1221 Contact with others 4.4 · Time pressure 3.7 · Sitting 4.5 · Outdoors, all weather 1.1 of 5 | Master's degree Above bachelor's | $140,300 2025 median | +21.8% 2025-35 · 2.9 openings/yr |
Database Architects SOC 15-1243 Contact with others 3.8 · Time pressure 3.6 · Sitting 4.8 · Outdoors, all weather 1.1 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $139,500 2025 median | +9.4% 2025-35 · 3.9 openings/yr |
Software Developers SOC 15-1252 Contact with others 3.9 · Time pressure 3.5 · Sitting 5.0 · Outdoors, all weather 1.0 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $135,980 2025 median | +10.2% 2025-35 · 95.3 openings/yr |
Business Intelligence Analysts SOC 15-2051 Contact with others 3.3 · Time pressure 3.7 · Sitting 4.8 · Outdoors, all weather 1.1 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $120,230 2025 median | +34.6% 2025-35 · 24.8 openings/yr |
Database Administrators SOC 15-1242 Contact with others 4.1 · Time pressure 3.0 · Sitting 4.3 · Outdoors, all weather 1.1 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $104,620 2025 median | -0.1% 2025-35 · 3.3 openings/yr |
Video Game Designers SOC 15-1255 Contact with others 4.0 · Time pressure 4.0 · Sitting 4.8 · Outdoors, all weather 1.1 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $104,000 2025 median | +6% 2025-35 · 8.3 openings/yr |
Special Effects Artists and Animators SOC 27-1014 Contact with others 4.1 · Time pressure 4.5 · Sitting 4.6 · Outdoors, all weather 1.6 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $102,030 2025 median | -0.3% 2025-35 · 4.2 openings/yr |
Computer Programmers SOC 15-1251 Contact with others 4.2 · Time pressure 4.0 · Sitting 4.8 · Outdoors, all weather 1.2 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $100,390 2025 median | -7.3% 2025-35 · 4.4 openings/yr |
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary SOC 25-1021 Contact with others 4.5 · Time pressure 4.0 · Sitting 4.3 · Outdoors, all weather 1.1 of 5 | Doctoral or professional degree Above bachelor's | $96,980 2025 median | +4.9% 2025-35 · 3.2 openings/yr |
Web Developers SOC 15-1254 Contact with others 3.9 · Time pressure 4.0 · Sitting 4.8 · Outdoors, all weather 1.0 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $92,650 2025 median | +3.8% 2025-35 · 5.3 openings/yr |
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary SOC 25-1194 Contact with others 4.7 · Time pressure 3.5 · Sitting 2.5 · Outdoors, all weather 1.4 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $63,820 2025 median | -0.3% 2025-35 · 8 openings/yr |
Graphic Designers SOC 27-1024 Contact with others 4.3 · Time pressure 4.7 · Sitting 4.8 · Outdoors, all weather 1.4 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $62,960 2025 median | -1.7% 2025-35 · 16 openings/yr |
The crosswalk relates 1 further occupation to this field (99-9999) for which BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2 publishes no line item on this site. They are counted here rather than listed, because there would be nothing to show beside the name.
BLS typical entry-level education for these occupations
11 of the 13 have a BLS typical entry-level education at or below a bachelor's degree; 2 are above it. "Typical" is BLS's word: it describes the workers already in the occupation.
- Bachelor's degree
- 11
- Master's degree
- 1
- Doctoral or professional degree
- 1
This is BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2's description of the education most workers in each occupation typically hold when they enter it. It is not a list of requirements, and it says nothing about licences, certifications or experience, which BLS records separately and this page does not show.
Which programs this covers
“Web design and digital media” groups 5 CIP 2020 instructional programs. The occupation list above is the union of everything the crosswalk relates to them.
- 11.0801 Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design
- 11.0802 Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
- 11.0803 Computer Graphics
- 11.0804 Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation
- 11.0899 Computer Software and Media Applications, Other
Grouping is RoleSprint's, and it is printed here so it can be checked. CIP's own grain is finer than the phrase anyone searches; the alternative is one page per code, which would put near-identical lists in front of the same question. How this map is built.
Working out which of these is realistic
A related occupation is a starting point, not a verdict. Three different questions decide whether one is worth pursuing, and each has its own page.
Program-to-occupation relationships from the 2020 CIP / 2018 SOC Crosswalk, National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage, typical entry education and outlook from BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2. Working-condition figures from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA and RoleSprint has modified some of this information.
What to do next
A crosswalk relates a field of study to lines of work. Whether one specific opening is worth your time depends on what you can actually show, which is a different question and the one RoleSprint answers.