Designer Brands, Inc. f/k/a DSW, Inc. H-1B wage filings
Columbus, OH. Last filed in fiscal 2024. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
Designer Brands, Inc. f/k/a DSW, Inc. filed 37 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2024. The median wage it offered was $117,894, 21.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was QA Automation Engineer (4 filings, median $120,000).
- Filings since FY2020
- 37
- Positions covered
- 37
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 28
- Worksite cities
- 16
- Last filed
- FY2024
Offered wage since 2020
Designer Brands, Inc. f/k/a DSW, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer fell 2%, from $117,894 in fiscal 2021 to $115,500 in fiscal 2022. In fiscal 2022 it was 17.9% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 18 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September.
Designer Brands, Inc. f/k/a DSW, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 18 | $115,500 | −2.0% | $91,250 | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 15 | $117,894 | n/a | $96,496 | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA Automation Engineer | 4 | $120,000 | +12.2% | |
| Cloud Solution Engineer | 2 | $93,500 | +13.8% | |
| Designer | 2 | $85,500 | +21.7% | |
| Lead Business Systems Analyst | 2 | $125,000 | +41.5% | |
| Lead Integration Developer | 2 | $128,250 | +26.5% | |
| Senior QA Automation Engineer | 2 | $119,393 | +25.4% | |
| Tax Accountant | 2 | $79,915 | +26.0% | |
| Cloud Data Architect | 1 | $148,000 | +98.2% | |
| Data Scientist | 1 | $110,000 | +47.3% | |
| Decision Science Principle | 1 | $72,363 | at the minimum | |
| ETL/Integration Developer | 1 | $125,000 | +39.3% | |
| HR Coordinator | 1 | $57,824 | +13.0% | |
| Integration / ETL Developer | 1 | $125,000 | +45.6% | |
| Lead Application Systems Analyst | 1 | $122,000 | +26.4% | |
| Lead Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst | 1 | $125,465 | +28.6% | |
| Manager, Integration Design | 1 | $144,200 | +4.4% | |
| Principal Integration Systems Administrator | 1 | $133,390 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Applications System Analyst | 1 | $129,600 | +32.8% | |
| Senior Data Science Engineer | 1 | $117,894 | at the minimum | |
| Sr. Decision Science Analyst | 1 | $100,000 | +5.0% | |
| Senior Financial Systems Analyst (Hyperion) | 1 | $108,000 | +2.3% | |
| Senior Integration Developer | 1 | $133,000 | +12.4% | |
| Sr. Mobile Application Engineer (Android) | 1 | $140,000 | +32.1% | |
| Senior Network Automation Engineer | 1 | $116,000 | +14.4% | |
| Senior QA Analyst | 1 | $105,000 | +16.3% | |
| Sr. QA Analyst, IT Supply Chain | 1 | $115,000 | +25.3% | |
| UI Engineer | 1 | $92,000 | +22.9% | |
| Web Applications Engineer | 1 | $92,000 | +12.7% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus, OH | 21 | $116,000 |
| New York, NY | 2 | $85,500 |
| Ashland, MA | 1 | $105,000 |
| Austin, TX | 1 | $95,000 |
| Baltimore, MD | 1 | $117,894 |
| Charlotte, NC | 1 | $125,000 |
| Chicago, IL | 1 | $100,000 |
| Columubs, OH | 1 | $148,000 |
| Edison, NJ | 1 | $133,390 |
| Frisco, TX | 1 | $144,200 |
| Lewis Center, OH | 1 | $123,786 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $133,000 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 16 worksite cities.
By visa type: 37 H-1B. By outcome: 36 certified, 1 certified and later withdrawn.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Designer Brands, Inc. f/k/a DSW, Inc. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.