Lighting Designer H-1B salaries

Employers filed 48 certified H-1B applications for Lighting Designer roles between Nov 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $75,000.

Median salary offered: $75,000
Middle half earn: $67,750 to $80,000
Top 10% earn over: $85,442
Certified filings: 48

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Pay by employer

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle half
L'Observatoire International Inc.	5	$72,499	$69,999 – $74,999
One Lux Studio, LLC	4	$73,375	$66,250 – $80,156
Ventresca Design, LLC	3	$90,790	$87,995 – $90,790
Castelli Design LLC	3	$77,000	$68,500 – $77,000
Lighting Workshop, Inc.	2	$67,000	$66,000 – $68,000
Sean O'Connor Lighting, Inc.	2	$79,625	$78,812 – $80,438
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	2	$83,013	$81,516 – $84,510
Tillotson Design Associates Inc.	2	$67,500	$66,250 – $68,750
Lighting Beyond LLC	2	$75,000	$75,000 – $75,000
Lux Collaborative, LLC	2	$72,800	$71,500 – $74,100
Domingo Gonzalez Associates, Inc.	2	$78,500	$77,750 – $79,250
Brandston Partnership Inc.	2	$59,511	$55,266 – $63,756
Yabu Pushelberg Inc.	2	$65,000	$65,000 – $65,000
Kugler Ning Lighting Design, Inc.	1	$92,500	$92,500 – $92,500
Kugler Ning Lighng Design, Inc.	1	$85,000	$85,000 – $85,000
HLW International LLP	1	$82,000	$82,000 – $82,000
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design Inc.	1	$75,000	$75,000 – $75,000
Cosine Design Studio LLC	1	$80,000	$80,000 – $80,000
BEAM, ltd.	1	$65,000	$65,000 – $65,000
Brian Orter Lighting Design, LLC	1	$75,000	$75,000 – $75,000
L Design Studio, LLC	1	$53,000	$53,000 – $53,000
P2S LP	1	$92,560	$92,560 – $92,560
The Lighting Design Alliance, Inc.	1	$56,000	$56,000 – $56,000
LOOP Lighting LLC	1	$71,200	$71,200 – $71,200
Reveal Design Inc.	1	$66,000	$66,000 – $66,000
Spark Studio Lighting Design LLC	1	$72,000	$72,000 – $72,000
Salas O'Brien, Inc.	1	$80,000	$80,000 – $80,000
Sladen Feinstein Integrated Lighting, Inc.	1	$69,576	$69,576 – $69,576

Where these jobs are

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

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
New York, NY	29	$72,499	$67,000 – $77,000
Brooklyn, NY	4	$69,600	$68,000 – $71,500
Long Beach, CA	3	$80,000	$68,000 – $86,280
Long Island City, NY	3	$90,790	$87,995 – $90,790
Los Angeles, CA	2	$79,625	$78,812 – $80,438
Glenside, PA	1	$65,000	$65,000 – $65,000
Boston, MA	1	$69,576	$69,576 – $69,576
Denver, CO	1	$80,000	$80,000 – $80,000
New York, Ny, NY	1	$66,000	$66,000 – $66,000
San Francisco, CA	1	$86,008	$86,008 – $86,008
Santa Monica, CA	1	$82,000	$82,000 – $82,000
Seattle, WA	1	$80,018	$80,018 – $80,018

By experience level

Wage level	Filings	Median
Level I	11	$75,000
Level II	27	$70,200
Level III	9	$85,000

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

By year

Year filed	Filings	Median
2023	1	$64,000
2024	18	$73,749
2025	14	$76,000
2026	15	$75,000