Urban Designer, H-1B salary
What 235 H-1B filings report for “Urban Designer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Urban Designer?
$64k median H-1B base salary for an Urban Designer, typically $52k to $87k, across 235 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
- 1California52$71k+$7k
- 2New York36$65k+$1k
- 3Massachusetts71$64ksame
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 Urban Designer?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Urban Designer roles are Sasaki Associates, Beyer Blinder Belle, Johnson Fain, and RC Design Collaborative, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Urban Designer filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Sasaki Associates56 filings$64k
- 2Beyer Blinder Belle14 filings$65k
- 3Johnson Fain8 filings$60k
- 4RC Design Collaborative8 filings$69k
- 5Wallace Roberts & Todd7 filings$58k
- 6Page Southerland Page7 filings$65k
- 7Perkins & Will7 filings$66k
- 8Stantec7 filings$66k
- 9Van Meter Williams Pollack5 filings$91k
- 10Skidmore, Owings & Merrill5 filings$71k
- 11HOK5 filings$63k
- 12AECOM5 filings$53k
- 13HKS4 filings$76k
- 14HDR4 filings$94k
- 15NBBJ4 filings$63k
- 16Anchor Homes3 filings$70k
- 17Evolve, LLC3 filings$52k
- 18Goody, Clancy & Associates3 filings$64k
- 19Jack L. Gordon Architects3 filings$48k
- 20Kent State University3 filings$54k
- 21Lord Aeck Sargent Planning & Design3 filings$67k
- 22Katerra3 filings$55k
- 23Gensler3 filings$79k
- 24City Design Studio2 filings$41k
- 25Gamble Associates, LLC2 filings$77k
- 26Hickey Pena Architects LLC2 filings$44k
- 27Innes Associates Ltd.2 filings$87k
- 28L.M. Holder Iii, Faia2 filings$47k
- 29Local Office Landscape and Urban Design2 filings$61k
- 30MKSK2 filings$81k
- 31Urban Design Associates, Ltd.2 filings$68k
- 32Wenk Associates2 filings$66k
- 33IBI Group2 filings$58k
- 34Interface Studio2 filings$54k
- 35Lamar Johnson Collaborative2 filings$57k
- 36Asakura Robinson Company1 filings$60k
- 37Baker Barrios Architects1 filings$80k
- 38Causseaux Hewett Walpole Inc.1 filings$51k
- 39Civitas Resources1 filings$58k
- 40Chattanooga Design Studio1 filings$58k
- 41Cooper Robertson1 filings$58k
- 42Daniel Woodroffe Group, LLC1 filings$44k
- 43Development Strategies, Inc.1 filings$63k
- 44DumontJanks1 filings$58k
- 45Environmental Planning & Design LLC1 filings$56k
- 46Forum Studio1 filings$47k
- 47FXCollaborative1 filings$67k
- 48Gehl Studio1 filings$78k
- 49Goodwyn Mills and Cawood1 filings$64k
- 50Hassell Design1 filings$69k
Related titles in this family
559 filings carry “Urban Designer” in the title, across 80 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Landscape Architectural and Urban Designer48 filings$75k
- 2Senior Urban Designer28 filings$87k
- 3Urban Designer/Planner26 filings$72k
- 4Urban Designer I20 filings$63k
- 5Urban Designer, Associate13 filings$81k
- 6Urban Designer II12 filings$73k
- 7Architectural and Urban Designer11 filings$62k
- 8Computational Urban Designer7 filings$70k
- 9Planner/Urban Designer7 filings$60k
- 10Urban Designer C7 filings$55k
- 11Urban Designer III6 filings$88k
- 12Assistant Urban Designer5 filings$70k
Figures are for the exact title “Urban 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.