Internet designer vs web developer

The differences between internet designers and web developers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an internet designer and a web developer. Additionally, an internet designer has an average salary of $81,132, which is higher than the $78,975 average annual salary of a web developer.

The top three skills for an internet designer include web site design, SEO and HTML. The most important skills for a web developer are javascript, html css, and HTML.

Internet designer vs web developer overview

	Internet Designer	Web Developer
Yearly salary	$81,132	$78,975
Hourly rate	$39.01	$37.97
Growth rate	13%	13%
Number of jobs	45,667	227,881
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	4	4

Internet designer vs web developer salary

Internet designers and web developers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Internet Designer	Web Developer
Average salary	$81,132	$78,975
Salary range	Between $43,000 And $150,000	Between $60,000 And $103,000
Highest paying City	-	Bothell, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Google
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between internet designer and web developer education

There are a few differences between an internet designer and a web developer in terms of educational background:

	Internet Designer	Web Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Internet designer vs web developer demographics

Here are the differences between internet designers' and web developers' demographics:

	Internet Designer	Web Developer
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 51.2% Female, 48.8%	Male, 78.2% Female, 21.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.4% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 10.1% Asian, 11.5% White, 66.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 15.9% White, 58.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between internet designer and web developer duties and responsibilities

Internet designer example responsibilities.

Manage prototype content in wireframes when necessary.
Translate design comps into cross-browser compatible html pages.
Design and build e-commerce websitescreat all marketing materials including catalogs and flyersmanage distributor accounts in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
Enhance front-end user interface with JavaScript, instituting ColdFusion into back-end language and ensure stability of systems.

Web developer example responsibilities.

Lead front-end design and creation.
Manage high transaction databases including all database objects, triggers, procedures, user rights and functions.
Manage social media including Facebook advertising.
Interact with java controllers (JQUERY, AJAX, and JSON to write/read data from back end systems).
Used JSP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript to render the dynamic web pages (presentation layer) for the application.
Re-Design, update and maintain LinkWorth's WordPress plug-in using PHP and XML files to import data from LinkWorth's servers.

Internet designer vs web developer skills

Common internet designer skills

Web Site Design, 36%
SEO, 23%
HTML, 22%
Adobe Photoshop, 18%

Common web developer skills

JavaScript, 8%
Html Css, 6%
HTML, 5%
CSS, 5%
Web Forms, 4%
JQuery, 4%