Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Intermediate Designer
Occupation profile for Intermediate Designer covers 57 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $90,450.
- FY2026 certified median
- $90,450
- Total filings
- 57
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $75,000–$94,375
- Top employer
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 20 | $70,000 | $66,544 | $75,176 |
| FY2025 | 16 | $74,390 | $67,500 | $77,369 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 21 | $90,450 | $75,000 | $94,375 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP29 filings
- Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC6 filings
- Parts and Labor Design 2009 Corp.3 filings
- DXA Studio Architecture PLLC2 filings
- Workshop/APD Architecture DPC2 filings
- WQB Architecture PLLC2 filings
- Arcanum Architecture, Inc.1 filings
- Bells & Whistles, INC1 filings
- Chris Shao Studio LLC1 filings
- Eric Rosen Architects Inc.1 filings
Top cities
- New York29 filings
- Chicago11 filings
- San Francisco9 filings
- Los Angeles5 filings
- Emeryville1 filings
- Pasadena1 filings
- Santa Cruz1 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 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 17-1011 | $71,968 | $92,872 | $113,797 | $134,701 |
| 2026-27 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 16980 | 17-1011 | $61,173 | $77,126 | $93,101 | $109,054 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 17-1011 | $74,485 | $95,098 | $115,731 | $136,344 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 27-1025 | $45,822 | $61,714 | $77,626 | $93,517 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-1011 | $78,998 | $105,019 | $131,040 | $157,061 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 19-3051 | $71,094 | $87,194 | $103,272 | $119,371 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 27-1029 | $54,558 | $73,986 | $93,392 | $112,819 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 27-1025 | $67,725 | $83,450 | $99,195 | $114,920 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 27-1029 | $48,464 | $64,917 | $81,349 | $97,802 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 17-3011 | $53,893 | $66,518 | $79,123 | $91,749 |