Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Senior Designer
Occupation profile for Senior Designer covers 280 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $100,000.
- FY2026 certified median
- $100,000
- Total filings
- 280
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $90,563–$125,000
- Top employer
- HCL AMERICA INC
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 112 | $88,000 | $74,173 | $102,294 |
| FY2025 | 114 | $90,000 | $80,425 | $104,488 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 54 | $100,000 | $90,563 | $125,000 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- HCL AMERICA INC82 filings
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP15 filings
- Arcadis Inc.6 filings
- MASS Design Group, Ltd.6 filings
- Arcadis Inc. (CallisonRTKL Inc.)4 filings
- Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design, Inc.4 filings
- KPIT Technologies, Inc.4 filings
- Nutanix, Inc.4 filings
- BUCK Design, LLC3 filings
- Bungie, Inc.3 filings
Top cities
- New York57 filings
- San Francisco21 filings
- Los Angeles16 filings
- Santa Clara15 filings
- Irvine7 filings
- San Diego7 filings
- Boston7 filings
- Brooklyn7 filings
- Chicago6 filings
- Troy6 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 | 27-1024 | $54,080 | $69,930 | $85,800 | $101,650 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 17-1011 | $71,968 | $92,872 | $113,797 | $134,701 |
| 2026-27 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MIArea 19820 | 17-2141 | $84,864 | $100,672 | $116,459 | $132,267 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 27-1024 | $48,880 | $65,187 | $81,515 | $97,822 |
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 27-1025 | $45,822 | $61,714 | $77,626 | $93,517 |
| 2026-27 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 41940 | 17-2141 | $117,998 | $141,835 | $165,693 | $189,530 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 27-1025 | $51,584 | $69,888 | $88,192 | $106,496 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 27-1024 | $58,947 | $80,434 | $101,899 | $123,386 |
| 2026-27 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CAArea 41740 | 17-2141 | $86,154 | $105,186 | $124,238 | $143,270 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 17-1011 | $78,998 | $105,019 | $131,040 | $157,061 |