Urban Designer H-1B salaries

Employers filed 64 certified H-1B applications for Urban Designer roles between May 2023 and Jun 2026. The median salary was $75,000. The typical offer was 5% above the prevailing wage, the minimum the law sets for the job and place.

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Median salary offered: $75,000
Middle half earn: $67,858 to $85,072
Top 10% earn over: $93,642
Certified filings: 64

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Pay by employer

Employer	Filings	Median	vs all	Middle half
Sasaki Associates	14	$75,000	0%	$73,334 – $80,000
Perkins & Will, Inc.	4	$75,660	+1%	$71,209 – $78,692
Page Southerland Page, Inc.	3	$85,696	+14%	$75,348 – $85,696
Van Meter Williams Pollack, LLP	3	$93,642	+25%	$92,206 – $93,642
Anchor Homes LLC	2	$70,000	−7%	$70,000 – $70,000
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.	2	$103,500	+38%	$99,250 – $107,750
Gamble Associates, LLC	2	$76,544	+2%	$71,552 – $81,536
Innes Associates Ltd.	2	$87,000	+16%	$87,000 – $87,000
HKS, Inc.	2	$86,760	+16%	$84,340 – $89,180
Stantec Consulting Services Inc.	2	$75,566	+1%	$70,918 – $80,215
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.	2	$80,249	+7%	$79,874 – $80,624
Lord Aeck Sargent Planning & Design, Inc.	2	$69,750	−7%	$68,125 – $71,375
Urban Design Associates, Ltd.	2	$68,000	−9%	$68,000 – $68,000
Wenk Associates, Inc.	2	$66,198	−12%	$65,298 – $67,099
Development Strategies, Inc.	1	$62,500	−17%	$62,500 – $62,500
Environmental Planning & Design LLC	1	$56,264	−25%	$56,264 – $56,264
Chattanooga Design Studio	1	$58,000	−23%	$58,000 – $58,000
Baker Barrios Architects, Inc.	1	$80,000	+7%	$80,000 – $80,000
Kent State University	1	$69,466	−7%	$69,466 – $69,466
Johnson Fain, Inc.	1	$84,000	+12%	$84,000 – $84,000
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.	1	$103,000	+37%	$103,000 – $103,000
Here Design Studio, LLC	1	$94,661	+26%	$94,661 – $94,661
HDR Engineering, Inc.	1	$101,358	+35%	$101,358 – $101,358
HDR Architecture, Inc.	1	$98,613	+31%	$98,613 – $98,613
FXCollaborative Architects LLP	1	$67,434	−10%	$67,434 – $67,434
Goodwyn Mills Cawood, LLC	1	$64,272	−14%	$64,272 – $64,272
The Broussard Group, Inc.	1	$61,006	−19%	$61,006 – $61,006
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc.	1	$62,400	−17%	$62,400 – $62,400
Mithun, Inc.	1	$72,000	−4%	$72,000 – $72,000
MKSK, Inc.	1	$81,000	+8%	$81,000 – $81,000
RC Design Collaborative, LLC	1	$75,000	0%	$75,000 – $75,000
Tunnell Spangler & Associates, Inc.	1	$70,000	−7%	$70,000 – $70,000
Wallace Roberts & Todd LLC	1	$73,000	−3%	$73,000 – $73,000
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo NA, Inc.	1	$84,698	+13%	$84,698 – $84,698

Where these jobs are

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

City	Filings	Median	Middle half
Boston, MA	15	$75,000	$72,883 – $80,000
San Francisco, CA	10	$85,696	$80,306 – $92,924
Chicago, IL	4	$80,249	$76,191 – $81,966
Atlanta, GA	4	$67,937	$65,474 – $70,750
Denver, CO	3	$68,000	$66,198 – $70,500
Pittsburgh, PA	3	$68,000	$62,132 – $68,000
Brooklyn, NY	2	$71,217	$69,326 – $73,108
Cambridge, MA	2	$76,544	$71,552 – $81,536
Berkeley, CA	2	$99,986	$99,299 – $100,672
Los Angeles, CA	2	$89,330	$86,665 – $91,996
Newburyport, MA	2	$87,000	$87,000 – $87,000
Mclean, VA	2	$70,000	$70,000 – $70,000
Arlington, VA	1	$95,000	$95,000 – $95,000
Chattanooga, TN	1	$58,000	$58,000 – $58,000
Austin, TX	1	$65,000	$65,000 – $65,000
Houston, TX	1	$61,006	$61,006 – $61,006
Cleveland, OH	1	$62,400	$62,400 – $62,400
Kent, OH	1	$69,466	$69,466 – $69,466
Lexington, KY	1	$66,500	$66,500 – $66,500
Columbus, OH	1	$81,000	$81,000 – $81,000

By experience level

Wage level	Filings	Median
Level I	44	$74,000
Level II	13	$79,498
Level III	6	$85,932

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	7	$62,400
2024	21	$70,000
2025	24	$76,666
2026	12	$83,120

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