Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Designer 2
Occupation profile for Designer 2 covers 19 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $80,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $80,000
- Total filings
- 19
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $79,884–$81,500
- Top employer
- Degenkolb Engineers
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 10 | $92,000 | $70,500 | $95,000 |
| FY2025 | 6 | $86,348 | $76,174 | $89,250 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 3 | $80,000 | $79,884 | $81,500 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Degenkolb Engineers6 filings
- Steinberg Hart3 filings
- Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey2 filings
- Social Impact Collective, Inc.2 filings
- WHY Architecture Workshop Inc.2 filings
- Arrowstreet, Inc.1 filings
- BWA Architecture, Inc.1 filings
- Cottle Carr Yaw Architects, Ltd.1 filings
- Glancey Rockwell & Associates1 filings
Top cities
- San Francisco4 filings
- Anaheim3 filings
- Culver City2 filings
- Los Angeles2 filings
- Boston2 filings
- Winchester2 filings
- Mill Valley1 filings
- Basalt1 filings
- Boise1 filings
- Austin1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 17-2051 | $77,979 | $98,946 | $119,912 | $140,878 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 17-1011 | $85,446 | $102,128 | $118,789 | $135,470 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 17-3011 | $60,944 | $69,618 | $78,270 | $86,944 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 17-1011 | $74,485 | $95,098 | $115,731 | $136,344 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-1011 | $78,998 | $105,019 | $131,040 | $157,061 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-1012 | $76,794 | $105,768 | $134,722 | $163,696 |
| 2026-27 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 12420 | 17-1011 | $67,226 | $83,429 | $99,611 | $115,814 |
| 2026-27 | Boise City, IDArea 14260 | 17-3011 | $51,875 | $60,299 | $68,702 | $77,126 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-2051 | $94,536 | $115,336 | $136,157 | $156,957 |
| 2026-27 | Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan areaArea 800003 | 27-1021 | $51,022 | $70,325 | $89,648 | $108,950 |