Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Lighting Designer
Occupation profile for Lighting Designer covers 50 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $75,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $75,000
- Total filings
- 50
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $69,788–$81,625
- Top employer
- L'Observatoire International Inc.
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 20 | $72,000 | $65,000 | $77,000 |
| FY2025 | 10 | $72,500 | $69,250 | $77,750 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 20 | $75,000 | $69,788 | $81,625 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- L'Observatoire International Inc.5 filings
- One Lux Studio, LLC4 filings
- Castelli Design LLC3 filings
- Stantec Consulting Services Inc.3 filings
- Ventresca Design, LLC3 filings
- Brandston Partnership Inc.2 filings
- DOMINGO GONZALEZ ASSOCIATES, INC.2 filings
- Lighting Beyond LLC2 filings
- Lighting Workshop, Inc.2 filings
- Lux Collaborative, LLC2 filings
Top cities
- New York31 filings
- Brooklyn4 filings
- Long Beach3 filings
- Long Island City3 filings
- Los Angeles2 filings
- Seattle2 filings
- San Francisco1 filings
- Santa Monica1 filings
- Denver1 filings
- Boston1 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 | 27-1025 | $45,822 | $61,714 | $77,626 | $93,517 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 27-1025 | $51,584 | $69,888 | $88,192 | $106,496 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 17-1011 | $71,968 | $92,872 | $113,797 | $134,701 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 17-1011 | $75,400 | $88,400 | $101,379 | $114,379 |
| 2026-27 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 14460 | 27-1025 | $57,034 | $71,178 | $85,301 | $99,445 |
| 2026-27 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, COArea 19740 | 27-1029 | $48,589 | $64,272 | $79,934 | $95,618 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 17-1011 | $74,485 | $95,098 | $115,731 | $136,344 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 17-2071 | $89,794 | $117,645 | $145,475 | $173,326 |
| 2026-27 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDArea 37980 | 27-1025 | $50,565 | $60,902 | $71,240 | $81,578 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-1011 | $78,998 | $105,019 | $131,040 | $157,061 |