Junior Designer H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Architects, Except Landscape and Naval (SOC 17-1011).
Employers filed 36 wage applications for Junior Designer jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 28 employers. The median offered wage was $68,640, 0.3% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. BUCK Design, LLC filed the most (4, median $71,000).
- Filings
- 36
- Positions covered
- 35
- Employers
- 28
- Median offered
- $68,640
- Median prevailing wage
- $65,374
- Filings since FY2020
- 285
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +22%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Junior Designer jobs rose 22%, from $56,000 in fiscal 2020 to $68,120 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 0.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 49 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Junior Designer by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 35 | $68,120 | +2.0% | $65,374 | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 49 | $66,770 | +2.7% | $61,943 | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 42 | $65,000 | +7.0% | $60,081 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 46 | $60,746 | +5.6% | $56,472 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 49 | $57,514 | +1.6% | $56,930 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 28 | $56,597 | +1.1% | $53,591 | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 36 | $56,000 | n/a | $52,728 | +3.5% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK Design, LLC | 4 | $71,000 | +5.1% | |
| Adam D. Tihany International, Ltd | 2 | $65,500 | +0.2% | |
| WRNS Studio | 2 | $72,200 | +0.5% | |
| Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP | 2 | $65,676 | at the minimum | |
| Gretel, Inc. | 2 | $53,955 | at the minimum | |
| Chris Shao Studio LLC | 1 | $65,374 | at the minimum | |
| Fogarty Finger Architecture PLLC | 1 | $72,000 | +7.0% | |
| The Corporate Agenda, LLC | 1 | $68,661 | at the minimum | |
| Carlton Architecture PC | 1 | $59,400 | +15.4% | |
| di Domenico Partners, LLP | 1 | $82,500 | +22.6% | |
| Pentagram Design, Inc. | 1 | $70,000 | +29.7% | |
| B.I.G. Architecture D.P.C. | 1 | $69,000 | +5.0% | |
Showing the 12 employers with the most filings of 28. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Junior Designer jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 13 | $67,309 | +1.0% | |
| Los Angeles, CA | 5 | $71,000 | +5.1% | |
| Brooklyn, NY | 4 | $61,478 | +2.5% | |
| San Francisco, CA | 4 | $69,951 | at the minimum | |
| Chicago, IL | 2 | $70,190 | at the minimum | |
| Cypress, CA | 1 | $65,000 | +3.0% | |
| Emeryville, CA | 1 | $65,270 | at the minimum | |
| Evanston, IL | 1 | $61,589 | at the minimum | |
| Fremont, CA | 1 | $83,200 | +4.3% | |
| Long Island City, NY | 1 | $82,500 | +22.6% | |
| Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $60,840 | +0.3% | |
| Portland, OR | 1 | $68,640 | at the minimum | |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $57,500 | +45.4% | |
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 employers 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.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.