BDes Salary in India: Fresher, Per Month, Average, Highest, Specialisation-Wise Salary

BDes Salary in India: Fresher, Per Month, Average, Highest, Specialisation-Wise Salary

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Updated on Nov 18, 2025 14:09 IST

If you are a creative person and inspired to create designs, BDes or Bachelor of Design is an ideal course for you. In this article, you will get to know in detail about the career scope and salaries details in this industry. 

 

We are living in a time when design requirement is everywhere. If you are not looking for a traditional career option like medical and engineering, and interested in design, then you can go for BDes or Bachelor of Design. There is a growing requirement for good designers. They are required everywhere from home design, website design for businesses and product designs.

There are various speciality fields in BDes related to different industry. Top BDes specializations include Interior & Furniture Design, Graphic Design, Fashion Design, Animation & Multimedia Design, Textile Design, Product Design, and Industrial Design. To take admission to BDes course there are various entrance tests including NID DAT, UCEED, CUET UG (for design) and NIFT entrance exam.

BDes Salary in India depends on various factors like how much experience you have. Similar to any other industry, if you are starting as a fresher after completing the course, you can expect somewhere between INR 3 Lakh to INR 8 Lakh per annum. At senior roles after you get more than around 8 years of experience of working in this industry, you can expect from INR 12 to INR 25 lakh per annum.

Table of content
  • BDes Scope And Salary
  • Top Colleges For BDes In India
  • About Bachelor of Design
  • To Recruiters After You Do BDes
  • Specialization-Wise Employment Areas After BDes

BDes Scope And Salary

The BDes salary in India per month when a new designer starts is INR 25,000. After some experience, the designers can expect more salary. See the table below to know about the BDes Salary in India:

Job Titles

Starting Salary (INR Per Annum)

Salary After Experience (INR Per Annum)

B Des Interior Design Salary in India

INR 2.5 - INR 4.5 lakhs

INR 15 - INR 20 lakhs

B Des Graphic Design Salary in India

INR 1.98 lakhs to INR 3.20 lakhs

INR 10 - INR 25 lakhs

B Des Fashion Design Salary in India

INR 2.5 to INR 4 lakhs

INR 15 - INR 50 lakhs

B Des Product Design Salary in India

INR 3.5 to INR 7.8 lakhs

INR 36-37 lakhs

B Des Animation & Multimedia Design Salary In India

INR 3 to INR 6 lakhs

INR 8 - INR 20 lakhs

Top Colleges For BDes In India

Following is the list of best colleges for pursuing BDes in India:

About Bachelor of Design

It is one of the most sought after undergraduate course for aspiring designers. It is a four year course. This degree helps students to develop creative, technical and problem solving skills to do well in the design industry. The first year of the course teaches the basics of design, and the remaining three years students learn the specialized topics in the field.

With increase in the demand, many youngsters choose to pursue BDes In India. There are around 2,400 design colleges in India, of these 1,268 are private institutes and 313 are government run colleges. After completing the BDes course, students can work as - Art Director, Industrial Designer, Graphic Designers, UI/UX Designer, Game Designer, Multimedia Designer, Exhibition Designer, Textile Designer, Fashion Designer, Interior Designer, Car Designer, and Product Designer.

To Recruiters After You Do BDes

The designers get hired in various companies. In technical companies HP, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Adobe are the companies that hire product designers and UI/UX designers. In IT services, the top recruiters are Wipro, Infosys, and TCS. They hire for product and digital designer roles. Top companies in e-commerce that hire design graduates include Myntra, Amazon, Nykaa and Flipkart. Fashion graduates are also hired by fashion and retail industry and design and consulting industry.

Hero MotoCorp Ltd. in automotive is one of the top recruiters of design graduates. In furniture and interiors, Godrej Interio, IKEA, The Grid hire the design graduates. These graduates are also in demand in the media and entertainment industry like Reliance Media Works Ltd. and Zee Entertainment.

Students can even do government jobs after B Des course. They can be Product Designer, UI/UX Designer, and Graphic Designer at AIIMS, National Book Trust, and IITs. They can also join Quality Council of India as Handicrafts Promotion Officer or Examiner.

Specialization-Wise Employment Areas After BDes

In all the major specializations of design, there are further different areas of employment including Media and Entertainment, Theatre & Dance, and Clothing Brands in Fashion Design. In interior design, students can work in Event Management, Hospitality, and Retail Stores. In Product Design in Furniture, Education, Web Applications, Online Retail, and Automotive. In textile design, one can work in interior design, clothing retail, textile manufacturing, and home furnishings. There are various employment areas under graphic design such production studios, digital marketing, e-learning and publishing houses. In the Ceramic and glass design, one can work in Accessory Companies, Tableware and Crockery Companies, Craftwork NGO, Education and Accessory Companies.

The demand for designers is only increasing and hence you can have a successful career after completing your BDes course only if the field interests you and you are passionate in pursuing a career in this industry.

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