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Designer H-1B salaries

Employers filed 1,205 certified H-1B applications for Designer roles between Mar 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $80,000.

Median salary offered
$80,000
Middle half earn
$70,000 to $89,710
Top 10% earn over
$105,000
Certified filings
1,205

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Pay by employer

EmployerFilingsMedianMiddle half
Tata Consultancy Services Limited277$88,358$82,784 – $98,862
Perkins & Will, Inc.38$73,584$70,429 – $79,576
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP25$87,589$84,163 – $88,300
STUDIOS Architecture24$77,000$74,000 – $85,500
EDSA, Inc.23$67,200$61,500 – $77,325
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.23$80,100$76,250 – $88,500
Nbbj LP19$73,430$70,240 – $77,370
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC17$81,000$78,000 – $83,000
HCL America Inc14$93,111$84,464 – $123,798
Stantec Architecture Inc.12$80,009$76,892 – $82,410
Harley Ellis Devereaux Corporation11$82,680$79,092 – $87,589
Safdie Architects, LLC10$72,987$64,040 – $76,378
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Inc.10$70,000$67,722 – $70,048
Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture LLP10$67,746$65,000 – $72,010
LandDesign, Inc.10$56,824$49,088 – $61,875
Rios Inc.9$80,340$75,504 – $82,493
Sasaki Associates8$75,000$74,325 – $78,750
Hart Howerton Partners, LtD8$105,000$98,250 – $114,250
Nutanix, Inc.8$155,342$130,267 – $164,531
Dxu LLC7$72,000$65,663 – $81,882
KPIT Technologies, Inc.6$125,000$124,250 – $128,750
NBBJ Architecture PLLC6$85,057$70,333 – $88,572
Textiles from Europe, Inc.6$97,500$75,000 – $112,500
Tddg LLC6$84,000$77,700 – $84,000
TikTok Inc.5$175,000$114,462 – $225,000
HKS, Inc.5$84,500$83,200 – $86,800
Utile Inc.5$71,000$61,000 – $73,000
Leroy Street Studio Architecture, D.P.C.5$95,000$88,560 – $102,973
Pelli Clarke & Partners, Inc.5$69,680$67,600 – $80,500
The Office of James Burnett, Inc.5$70,000$63,190 – $84,198
2x4 Design LLC4$82,452$79,418 – $86,010
Andmore Partners, Inc4$66,882$64,000 – $70,725
Cyndx Technologies, Inc.4$100,000$100,000 – $105,000
LER Product Design, LLC4$140,140$134,940 – $143,910
Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott Inc.4$61,837$56,560 – $66,854
Woolpert, Inc.4$77,688$67,600 – $87,292
Standard Architects, D.P.C.4$75,587$71,978 – $76,627
Gap Inc.4$110,000$97,407 – $125,275
BUCK Design, LLC4$79,750$78,000 – $82,375
Isgenuity LLC4$74,494$72,133 – $77,500
Corgan Associates, Inc.4$82,558$69,080 – $93,987
Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis, Architects, A Professional Corporation4$85,082$84,302 – $87,578
JAKKS Pacific, Inc.4$75,073$72,000 – $78,146
Tillotson Design Associates Inc.4$70,000$69,500 – $74,500
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo NA, Inc.4$65,697$64,350 – $67,522
Alignment Architects Inc4$78,354$77,766 – $79,566
RDC-S111, Inc.4$60,006$58,724 – $60,088
CMS Interior Design, Inc.4$64,397$64,360 – $64,397
Arkiterv Inc.3$70,000$69,715 – $80,000
Jones Knowles Ritchie Inc.3$74,999$72,499 – $76,999

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.
CityFilingsMedianMiddle half
New York, NY186$81,678$72,000 – $90,000
San Francisco, CA83$84,163$76,095 – $90,470
Los Angeles, CA75$76,500$71,011 – $85,000
Boston, MA52$72,994$68,628 – $80,000
Chicago, IL41$72,509$65,000 – $80,080
San Jose, CA32$95,274$79,586 – $135,278
Brooklyn, NY29$71,458$67,434 – $78,500
Seattle, WA25$73,882$70,890 – $81,000
Alpharetta, GA24$86,403$86,403 – $87,230
Columbus, OH24$80,267$80,267 – $85,342
Irving, TX22$91,562$91,562 – $100,714
Dallas, TX22$73,154$61,665 – $82,800
Atlanta, GA20$88,056$76,000 – $95,508
San Antonio, TX18$85,280$83,075 – $85,280
Culver City, CA16$85,750$69,858 – $96,665
Washington, DC16$78,000$73,591 – $83,375
Irvine, CA15$70,000$64,667 – $92,175
Cary, NC13$82,784$82,784 – $93,101
Austin, TX13$91,042$80,100 – $91,042
Miami, FL12$74,377$68,890 – $85,070

By experience level

Wage levelFilingsMedian
Level I411$72,000
Level II552$84,510
Level III104$93,238
Level IV62$103,516

Levels I to IV are the Labor Department's experience bands, from entry level (I) to fully competent (IV).

By year

Year filedFilingsMedian
202366$80,300
2024474$82,492
2025405$78,000
2026260$80,000