Designer H-1B Salary

1,601 certified H-1B filings list the job title Designer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $78,811; the middle half of filings fall between $69,000 and $88,899. The largest sponsor for this title is TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED (363 filings).

1,601
certified filings
$78,811
Median base salary
$69,000
25th pct
$88,899
75th pct
$105,000
90th pct
$60,322
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$60,322$78,811 median$105,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026295$80,000
FY2025431$78,339
FY2024467$81,910
FY2023408$75,005

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY218$80,000
Los Angeles, CA92$74,940
San Francisco, CA90$81,047
Chicago, IL53$72,509
Boston, MA50$72,894
Brooklyn, NY45$73,000
San Jose, CA37$97,594
Dallas, TX34$73,154
Seattle, WA33$72,072
Irving, TX30$91,562
Atlanta, GA28$86,403
Columbus, OH28$80,267
Alpharetta, GA25$86,403
Austin, TX20$82,912
San Antonio, TX19$85,280
Washington, DC18$77,850
Culver City, CA16$75,179
Long Island City, NY16$75,294
Cary, NC15$82,784
Indianapolis, IN15$82,618

Designer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED363$86,840
Perkins & Will, Inc.45$73,798
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP41$86,612
EDSA, Inc.29$66,501
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.28$78,200
NBBJ LP28$70,240
STUDIOS Architecture26$77,000
LandDesign, Inc.21$49,899
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC18$82,000
Corgan Associates, Inc.16$68,494
Rios Inc.16$77,251
Stantec Architecture Inc.15$80,018
Harley Ellis Devereaux Corporation14$81,640
HCL AMERICA INC13$92,955
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.13$68,786
KPIT Technologies, Inc.13$125,000
Hart Howerton Partners, LtD12$105,000
Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture LLP11$65,000
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Inc.10$70,000
Safdie Architects, LLC10$72,987
NBBJ Architecture PLLC9$71,418
Nutanix, Inc.8$155,342
Sasaki Associates8$75,000
Atelier Ten USA, LLC7$70,000
HKS, Inc.7$83,200
SHoP Architects Inc.7$67,434
TDDG LLC7$84,000
WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.7$115,000
CALLISONRTKL INC.6$68,182
Leroy Street Studio Architecture, D.P.C.6$91,780
Pelli Clarke & Partners, Inc.6$71,240
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo NA, Inc.6$65,697
ALTAIR PRODUCTDESIGN, INC.5$81,203
DXU LLC5$69,326
Isgenuity LLC5$72,987
Microsoft Corporation5$161,300
Page Southerland Page, Inc.5$65,000
RDC-S111, Inc.5$60,002
TikTok Inc.5$175,000
Utile Inc.5$71,000
2x4 Design LLC4$82,452
AKQA, Inc.4$80,500
Alignment Architects Inc4$78,354
Andmore Partners, Inc4$66,882
Arkiterv Inc.4$72,679
BUCK Design, LLC4$79,750
CMS Interior Design, Inc.4$64,397
Cyndx Technologies, Inc.4$100,000
FXCollaborative Architects LLP4$67,434
JAKKS Pacific, Inc.4$75,073

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Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer