Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Junior Designer
Occupation profile for Junior Designer covers 117 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $68,640.
- FY2026 certified median
- $68,640
- Total filings
- 117
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $64,158–$72,000
- Top employer
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 40 | $64,095 | $59,877 | $67,841 |
| FY2025 | 43 | $66,770 | $62,300 | $70,000 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 34 | $68,640 | $64,158 | $72,000 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP11 filings
- B.I.G. Architecture D.P.C.5 filings
- BUCK Design, LLC4 filings
- di Domenico Partners, LLP3 filings
- GRETEL, INC.3 filings
- PLATT BYARD DOVELL WHITE ARCHITECTS LLP3 filings
- Quattrocchi Kwok Architects, Inc.3 filings
- WRNS Studio3 filings
- 3XN USA LLC2 filings
- Adam D. Tihany International, Ltd2 filings
Top cities
- New York33 filings
- Brooklyn15 filings
- San Francisco11 filings
- Chicago11 filings
- Los Angeles10 filings
- Miami4 filings
- Oakland3 filings
- Long Island City3 filings
- Santa Clara2 filings
- Boston2 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 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 27-1025 | $45,822 | $61,714 | $77,626 | $93,517 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 27-1024 | $54,080 | $69,930 | $85,800 | $101,650 |
| 2026-27 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 16980 | 17-1011 | $61,173 | $77,126 | $93,101 | $109,054 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-1011 | $78,998 | $105,019 | $131,040 | $157,061 |
| 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 | 27-1025 | $67,725 | $83,450 | $99,195 | $114,920 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 27-1024 | $48,880 | $65,187 | $81,515 | $97,822 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 17-3011 | $60,944 | $69,618 | $78,270 | $86,944 |
| 2026-27 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLArea 33100 | 27-1025 | $39,894 | $52,187 | $64,480 | $76,773 |