Design Professional, H-1B salary
What 137 H-1B filings report for “Design Professional” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Design Professional?
$65k median H-1B base salary for a Design Professional, typically $51k to $77k, across 137 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in California at $71k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1California24$71k+$6k
- 2Georgia20$55k−$10k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $65kfor 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 a Design Professional?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Design Professional roles are HOK, Tvs Services, MBH Architects, NAC Architecture, and VMDO Architects, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Design Professional filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1HOK33 filings$68k
- 2Tvs Services14 filings$52k
- 3MBH Architects12 filings$73k
- 4NAC Architecture10 filings$58k
- 5VMDO Architects8 filings$63k
- 6HKS5 filings$69k
- 7HCBeck5 filings$56k
- 8EwingCole4 filings$70k
- 9Neumann Monson Architects3 filings$54k
- 10Integrus Architecture PS3 filings$62k
- 11Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design, LLC3 filings$53k
- 12Architectural Nexus2 filings$60k
- 13Bates & Associates2 filings$43k
- 14BSA LifeStructures2 filings$56k
- 15Mtfa Architecture2 filings$74k
- 16NAC2 filings$73k
- 17Prime Place2 filings$68k
- 18Strada Architecture2 filings$62k
- 19906 Studio Architects, LLC2 filings$52k
- 20906 Studio, PLLC1 filings$57k
- 21Grace Design Studios1 filings$73k
- 22Architecture Demarest LP1 filings$46k
- 23Jacobs1 filings$82k
- 24Fentress Architects1 filings$67k
- 25Health Facilities Group LLC1 filings$63k
- 26Hiscutt & Associates, Inc.1 filings$57k
- 27Investwell Architects, LLC1 filings$55k
- 28John Nastasi Architects1 filings$80k
- 29KPS Group, Inc.1 filings$66k
- 30Lein Stanek & Wilson Inc P S1 filings$56k
- 31Lichtgitter USA, Inc.1 filings$70k
- 32Merriman Pitt/Anderson, Inc.1 filings$44k
- 33May Architecture & Interiors1 filings$66k
- 34McMillan Pazdan Smith LLC1 filings$62k
- 35Osterlund Architects, PLLC1 filings$56k
- 36Rra LLC1 filings$67k
- 37Shive-Hattery Group1 filings$71k
- 38Stantec1 filings$60k
- 39Sullivan Goulette Wilson, Ltd.1 filings$58k
- 40Tpg Architecture1 filings$55k
Related titles in this family
427 filings carry “Design Professional” in the title, across 68 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Test Design Professional34 filings$125k
- 2Design Professional - Architecture25 filings$65k
- 3Design Professional I - Architecture23 filings$60k
- 4Senior Design Professional22 filings$88k
- 5Design Professional I21 filings$70k
- 6Design Professional II16 filings$73k
- 7Design Professional II - Architecture14 filings$68k
- 8Interior Design Professional13 filings$66k
- 9Engineering Design Professional - Structural10 filings$84k
- 10Architectural Design Professional8 filings$64k
- 11Landscape Design Professional8 filings$69k
- 12Design Professional 17 filings$58k
Figures are for the exact title “Design Professional”; 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.