Art Director, H-1B salary
What 640 H-1B filings report for “Art Director” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Art Director?
$90k median H-1B base salary for an Art Director, typically $60k to $149k, across 640 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $100k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California185$100k+$10k
- 2New York289$90ksame
- 3Illinois25$76k−$14k
- 4Florida32$70k−$20k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $90kfor 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 Art Director?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Art Director roles are Apple and Spotify, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Art Director filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Apple20 filings$148k
- 2Spotify8 filings$100k
- 3Anomaly7 filings$80k
- 4Meta7 filings$194k
- 5Goodby, Silverstein Partners7 filings$90k
- 6Wieden and Kennedy7 filings$113k
- 7Grey Global Group7 filings$78k
- 8AKQA7 filings$105k
- 9Translation6 filings$89k
- 10Pacific Pollen6 filings$208k
- 11FCB6 filings$73k
- 12Exposure Communications5 filings$90k
- 13HUGE5 filings$95k
- 14Islyn Studio5 filings$88k
- 15Marc Jacobs5 filings$320k
- 16Saatchi & Saatchi5 filings$93k
- 17Ogilvy5 filings$53k
- 18Sea New York5 filings$83k
- 19Brand Equity Ventures LLC4 filings$87k
- 20Creative Jdea4 filings$71k
- 21Herenow4 filings$97k
- 22Kettle Solutions4 filings$128k
- 23Microsoft4 filings$173k
- 24Leo Burnett4 filings$65k
- 25R/GA4 filings$89k
- 26Style Row Australia, Inc.4 filings$73k
- 27Dbox4 filings$102k
- 28Human Nyc LLC4 filings$105k
- 29Publicis4 filings$78k
- 30VML4 filings$89k
- 31Zoox4 filings$125k
- 32B-Reel Inc3 filings$150k
- 33Bailey Lauerman & Associates3 filings$43k
- 34Baron & Baron, Inc.3 filings$73k
- 35Big House Studio LLC3 filings$94k
- 36Bright Light City Communications3 filings$60k
- 37BUCK Design3 filings$120k
- 38Chandelier Creative3 filings$75k
- 39Canaan Media LLC3 filings$87k
- 40Charles Tombras Advertising3 filings$80k
- 41Ernie Ball, Inc.3 filings$85k
- 42Gemological Appraisal Laboratory of America, Inc.3 filings$87k
- 43HB Studio LLC3 filings$208k
- 44Innoteg LLC3 filings$67k
- 45Latinworks Marketing3 filings$55k
- 46TIDAL3 filings$50k
- 47MYStudio3 filings$65k
- 48Nike3 filings$260k
- 49New York Auto Depot3 filings$87k
- 50Real Estate Arts, Inc.3 filings$130k
Related titles in this family
1,226 filings carry “Art Director” in the title, across 142 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Senior Art Director179 filings$116k
- 2Marcom Art Director39 filings$152k
- 3Junior Art Director36 filings$60k
- 4Associate Art Director31 filings$67k
- 5Digital Art Director13 filings$90k
- 6Technical Art Director13 filings$90k
- 7Creative Art Director11 filings$125k
- 8Marcom Senior Art Director8 filings$195k
- 9Associate Creative Director - Art Director7 filings$155k
- 10Creative Director / Art Director7 filings$174k
- 11Marcom Sr Art Director6 filings$165k
- 12Sr. Art Director6 filings$123k
Figures are for the exact title “Art Director”; 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.