H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Junior Architectural Designer

Occupation profile for Junior Architectural Designer covers 64 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $73,702.

FY2026 certified median
$73,702
Total filings
64
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$70,149–$75,000
Top employer
Studio Gang Architects
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202432$67,500$65,000$72,050
FY202523$64,500$60,000$70,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)9$73,702$70,149$75,000

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Junior Architectural DesignerFY2024 $67,500; FY2025 $64,500; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $73,702$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2024$67,500FY2025$64,500FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$73,702Certified median offer, Junior Architectural DesignerFY2024 $67,500; FY2025 $64,500; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $73,702$0$30k$60k$90kFY2024$67,500FY2025$64,500FY2026*$73,702
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Studio Gang Architects9 filings
  2. S9 Architecture & Engineering DPC4 filings
  3. Design Collective Inc.3 filings
  4. DiMella Shaffer Associates, Inc.3 filings
  5. Turkel Design LLC3 filings
  6. DED-LAB INC2 filings
  7. Ghataode Bannon Architects, LLP2 filings
  8. Matthew Guerrero Design & Architecture Inc.2 filings
  9. Nelligan White Architects PLLC2 filings
  10. Officeuntitled Inc2 filings

Top cities

  1. New York21 filings
  2. Chicago9 filings
  3. Seattle6 filings
  4. Boston4 filings
  5. San Francisco3 filings
  6. Somerville3 filings
  7. Costa Mesa2 filings
  8. Culver City2 filings
  9. Los Angeles2 filings
  10. Woodland Hills2 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Studio Gang Architects · Junior Architectural Designer9 filings

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.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562017-1011$71,968$92,872$113,797$134,701
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698017-1011$61,173$77,126$93,101$109,054
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562017-3011$53,893$66,518$79,123$91,749
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-3011$60,944$69,618$78,270$86,944
2026-27Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 4266017-1011$75,400$88,400$101,379$114,379
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-1011$74,485$95,098$115,731$136,344
2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562027-1029$54,558$73,986$93,392$112,819
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-3011$55,910$67,496$79,061$90,646
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-1011$78,998$105,019$131,040$157,061
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-3011$63,086$76,128$89,149$102,190