Designer I H-1B salaries

Employers filed 68 certified H-1B applications for Designer I roles between Sep 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $69,060. The typical offer was 2% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $69,060
Middle half earn: $62,875 to $74,910
Top 10% earn over: $81,422
Certified filings: 68

Every filing

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Pay by employer


Perkins & Will, Inc.	14	$62,500	−9%	$61,320 – $64,220
Perkins Eastman Architects DPC	10	$74,945	+9%	$70,552 – $76,970
Site Design Group, Ltd.	7	$70,412	+2%	$67,130 – $73,188
Amazon.com Services LLC	6	$100,850	+46%	$76,495 – $112,000
CO Architects	4	$65,852	−5%	$63,788 – $68,219
BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc.	2	$73,056	+6%	$70,778 – $75,333
Alfred Benesch & Company	2	$73,320	+6%	$72,540 – $74,100
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.	2	$65,350	−5%	$61,275 – $69,425
Taney Engineering	2	$78,260	+13%	$74,750 – $81,770
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	1	$87,920	+27%	$87,920 – $87,920
AUX Office Inc	1	$69,763	+1%	$69,763 – $69,763
B.I.G. Architecture D.P.C.	1	$76,000	+10%	$76,000 – $76,000
Hewn Studio PLLC	1	$55,640	−19%	$55,640 – $55,640
Embarc Inc	1	$62,500	−9%	$62,500 – $62,500
DPS Group, Inc.	1	$75,000	+9%	$75,000 – $75,000
Digsau Architecture, P.C.	1	$66,300	−4%	$66,300 – $66,300
Michael W. Folonis Architects, A Professional Corporation	1	$64,500	−7%	$64,500 – $64,500
LandDesign, Inc.	1	$72,094	+4%	$72,094 – $72,094
IDG Architects, INC	1	$62,296	−10%	$62,296 – $62,296
Jordan Knighton Architects Inc	1	$69,060	0%	$69,060 – $69,060
MVE & Partners, Inc.	1	$67,787	−2%	$67,787 – $67,787
Overland International, Inc.	1	$78,000	+13%	$78,000 – $78,000
Sam's Beauty, Inc.	1	$42,500	−38%	$42,500 – $42,500
Rothschild Doyno Collaborative	1	$59,500	−14%	$59,500 – $59,500
Studio Gang Architects	1	$70,000	+1%	$70,000 – $70,000
Tom Wiscombe Architecture, Inc.	1	$75,000	+9%	$75,000 – $75,000
Utile Inc.	1	$66,000	−4%	$66,000 – $66,000
Whitham Planning Design Landscape Architecture, PLLC	1	$60,902	−12%	$60,902 – $60,902

Where these jobs are

Bigger dots mean more filings; darker blue means higher pay.


Chicago, IL	13	$67,059	$62,000 – $70,412
Los Angeles, CA	10	$69,763	$65,051 – $71,786
New York, NY	6	$74,980	$70,875 – $77,615
Seattle, WA	5	$72,093	$61,194 – $87,920
San Francisco, CA	4	$77,140	$75,120 – $77,797
Washington, DC	3	$64,220	$64,220 – $70,340
Boston, MA	3	$62,500	$62,100 – $64,250
Dallas, TX	2	$63,939	$63,118 – $64,760
Denver, CO	2	$62,161	$57,362 – $66,960
Bellevue, WA	2	$112,000	$112,000 – $112,000
Santa Monica, CA	2	$55,504	$51,007 – $60,002
Las Vegas, NV	2	$78,260	$74,750 – $81,770
Framingham, MA	1	$75,000	$75,000 – $75,000
Campbell, CA	1	$69,060	$69,060 – $69,060
Atlanta, GA	1	$63,086	$63,086 – $63,086
Bloomington, IL	1	$55,640	$55,640 – $55,640
Brooklyn, NY	1	$76,000	$76,000 – $76,000
Greensboro, NC	1	$77,611	$77,611 – $77,611
Mount Prospect, IL	1	$42,500	$42,500 – $42,500
Kansas City, MO	1	$68,500	$68,500 – $68,500

By experience level


Level I	48	$67,850
Level II	6	$69,940
Level III	1	$78,000

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

By year


2023	3	$73,500
2024	20	$65,390
2025	27	$69,060
2026	18	$70,464