Architectural Designer, H-1B salary
What 4,245 H-1B filings report for “Architectural Designer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Architectural Designer?
$64k median H-1B base salary for an Architectural Designer, typically $49k to $84k, across 4,245 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in Maryland at $71k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1Maryland45$71k+$7k
- 2District of Columbia86$70k+$6k
- 3Georgia41$68k+$4k
- 4Colorado31$66k+$2k
- 5New York1,721$65k+$1k
- 6California1,025$65k+$1k
- 7Virginia37$64ksame
- 8New Jersey116$63k−$1k
- 9Illinois100$62k−$2k
- 10Massachusetts270$62k−$2k
- 11Connecticut38$62k−$2k
- 12Washington92$62k−$2k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $64kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for an Architectural Designer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Architectural Designer roles are NBBJ; Grimshaw Architects; Payette Associates; Ennead Architects; and Cookfox Architects, Dpc, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Architectural Designer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1NBBJ63 filings$59k
- 2Grimshaw Architects55 filings$64k
- 3Payette Associates51 filings$72k
- 4Ennead Architects50 filings$68k
- 5Cookfox Architects, Dpc45 filings$74k
- 6Arcadis44 filings$59k
- 7STV43 filings$70k
- 8Rafael Vinoly Architects40 filings$61k
- 9Robert A. M. Stern38 filings$77k
- 10Handel Architects36 filings$68k
- 11Gensler34 filings$59k
- 12Fogarty Finger Architecture34 filings$60k
- 13Laguarda Low Architects33 filings$58k
- 14WRNS Studio31 filings$66k
- 15HLW International29 filings$62k
- 16Cetra/Ruddy25 filings$59k
- 17Perkins Eastman23 filings$70k
- 18Urbahn Architects22 filings$69k
- 19AECOM22 filings$58k
- 20Stantec21 filings$65k
- 21HOK20 filings$53k
- 22GF55 Architects20 filings$65k
- 23S9 Architecture19 filings$57k
- 24Lehman Smith & McLeish19 filings$85k
- 25Elkus Manfredi Architects17 filings$70k
- 26Studio T-SQ17 filings$63k
- 27B.I.G. Architecture D.P.C.17 filings$70k
- 28Backen & Backen16 filings$78k
- 29CannonDesign15 filings$66k
- 30Pei Partnership Architects15 filings$90k
- 31Claire Weisz Architects15 filings$78k
- 32Harley Ellis Devereaux14 filings$56k
- 33Massa Multimedia Architecture PC14 filings$59k
- 34Practice for Architecture Urbanism, DPC14 filings$68k
- 35Gerner Kronick & Valcarcel, Architects, Dpc14 filings$53k
- 36Sasaki Associates13 filings$57k
- 37Selldorf Architects13 filings$58k
- 38Nan12 filings$80k
- 39Diller Scofidio Renfro Architects, D.P.C.12 filings$70k
- 40M Royce Architecture12 filings$65k
- 415 Design12 filings$57k
- 42H Architecture12 filings$56k
- 43Weiss Manfredi Architects11 filings$65k
- 44Eric Colbert & Associates PC10 filings$75k
- 45Arshia Architects10 filings$58k
- 46HPA10 filings$62k
- 47O'Neil Langan Architects PC10 filings$64k
- 48Peter Marino Architect9 filings$63k
- 49C3D Architecture9 filings$63k
- 50Corgan9 filings$67k
Related titles in this family
6,159 filings carry “Architectural Designer” in the title, across 224 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Architectural Designer I463 filings$67k
- 2Architectural Designer II203 filings$80k
- 3Junior Architectural Designer163 filings$65k
- 4Landscape Architectural Designer105 filings$60k
- 5Senior Architectural Designer80 filings$84k
- 6Intermediate Architectural Designer55 filings$76k
- 7Interior Architectural Designer51 filings$62k
- 8Associate ( Architectural Designer)48 filings$73k
- 9Architectural Designer, Tier 148 filings$67k
- 10Architectural Designer III46 filings$89k
- 11Architectural Designer (Associate)38 filings$74k
- 12Job Captain/Architectural Designer29 filings$77k
Figures are for the exact title “Architectural Designer”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.