Architectural Designer H-1B Salary by Company

383 certified full-time H-1B filings for "Architectural Designer" and close variants, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Most common occupation codes: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval, Architectural and Civil Drafters, Designers, All Other.

$75,000Median salary

$68,64025th percentile

$85,34275th percentile

383Filings

Top-paying companies for Architectural Designer

Employers with at least 3 filings for this title, ranked by median offered salary.

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Lehman Smith McLeish	4	$113,500	$106,500 – $125,000
The Lamar Johnson Collaborative	6	$101,453	$96,613 – $107,310
AECOM Technical Services	3	$94,706	$87,965 – $104,853
Giattina Aycock Architecture Studio	3	$85,000	$85,000 – $85,000
Woolpert	8	$83,990	$82,290 – $88,426
Rossetti	3	$82,000	$73,500 – $82,000
Stv	12	$80,166	$70,649 – $88,899
CetraRuddy Architecture DPC	3	$80,000	$75,000 – $80,000
Stantec Architecture	3	$78,936	$70,668 – $79,468
Robert A.M. Stern Architects	6	$78,212	$76,792 – $79,245
NJRA Architects	3	$78,000	$78,000 – $78,000
Slce Architects	3	$76,045	$74,022 – $76,045
Payette Associates	9	$76,000	$75,000 – $90,000
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects	10	$75,900	$70,912 – $78,361
Balance Architects	3	$75,000	$75,000 – $75,000
Urbahn Architects	5	$74,963	$74,464 – $74,963
S9 Architecture and Engineering DPC	6	$73,000	$73,000 – $73,000
KP&J Architects & Engineers	3	$72,500	$68,800 – $72,500
Arcadis U.S.	7	$70,886	$70,450 – $75,514
Hochhauser Blatter Architects	3	$68,328	$68,328 – $74,724
Rafael Vinoly Architects	5	$68,000	$65,000 – $70,000
LaBella Associates, D.P.C.	4	$67,475	$64,418 – $72,368
Fischer & Makooi Architects	3	$67,309	$67,309 – $69,154
Populous Group	9	$67,018	$65,146 – $96,013
Tevebaugh Associates	3	$62,000	$62,000 – $62,000

Companies filing the most Architectural Designer H-1Bs

Company	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Stv	12	$80,166	$70,649 – $88,899
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects	10	$75,900	$70,912 – $78,361
Payette Associates	9	$76,000	$75,000 – $90,000
Populous Group	9	$67,018	$65,146 – $96,013
Woolpert	8	$83,990	$82,290 – $88,426
Arcadis U.S.	7	$70,886	$70,450 – $75,514
Robert A.M. Stern Architects	6	$78,212	$76,792 – $79,245
S9 Architecture and Engineering DPC	6	$73,000	$73,000 – $73,000
The Lamar Johnson Collaborative	6	$101,453	$96,613 – $107,310
Rafael Vinoly Architects	5	$68,000	$65,000 – $70,000
Urbahn Architects	5	$74,963	$74,464 – $74,963
LaBella Associates, D.P.C.	4	$67,475	$64,418 – $72,368
Lehman Smith McLeish	4	$113,500	$106,500 – $125,000
AECOM Technical Services	3	$94,706	$87,965 – $104,853
Balance Architects	3	$75,000	$75,000 – $75,000

Top cities

City	Filings	Median
New York, NY	89	$75,000
Boston, MA	25	$78,333
Los Angeles, CA	20	$75,900
Chicago, IL	17	$76,769
San Francisco, CA	13	$89,000
Washington, DC	10	$93,335
Kansas City, MO	8	$65,146
Seattle, WA	7	$84,739
Brooklyn, NY	7	$76,250
Atlanta, GA	6	$77,074
Philadelphia, PA	5	$62,000
Saint Louis, MO	5	$101,453
Santa Barbara, CA	5	$81,120
Portland, OR	4	$68,945
Denver, CO	4	$72,200

Wage levels

Level I49% · 185

Level II37% · 137

Level III10% · 38

Level IV4% · 14

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).