Project Designer H-1B Salary

202 certified H-1B filings list the job title Project Designer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $76,500; the middle half of filings fall between $67,108 and $89,396. The largest sponsor for this title is Perkins & Will, Inc. (8 filings).

202
certified filings
$76,500
Median base salary
$67,108
25th pct
$89,396
75th pct
$101,900
90th pct
$60,000
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$60,000$76,500 median$101,900

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY202644$80,250
FY202562$75,000
FY202458$76,680
FY202338$72,960

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY19$75,000
Los Angeles, CA13$87,000
San Francisco, CA12$107,750
Atlanta, GA9$60,000
Chicago, IL9$70,314
Dallas, TX9$76,000
Boston, MA4$73,029
Charlotte, NC4$76,500
Seattle, WA4$82,680
Washington, DC4$74,500
Austin, TX3$87,000
Berkeley, CA3$88,000
Brooklyn, NY3$68,250
Cambridge, MA3$72,987
Coral Gables, FL3$86,008
Lexington, KY3$67,600
Oakland, CA3$87,360
Raleigh, NC3$68,500
Sunnyvale, CA3$85,000
Arlington, VA2$75,100

Project Designer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Perkins & Will, Inc.8$93,246
Dynamik Design Partners, LLC7$58,000
CI DESIGN, INC.4$81,600
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.4$114,889
Rios Inc.4$88,820
The Office of James Burnett, Inc.4$70,221
HDR Architecture, Inc.3$119,122
HPA, Inc3$83,200
Jones Architecture Inc.3$65,000
MLA Green, Inc.3$77,500
Nicole Hollis, Inc.3$85,000
ALB Design, Inc.2$76,500
Arcadis Engineering Services (USA) Inc.2$87,000
Architectural Design Guild2$60,397
Architecture Demarest LP2$75,000
Beamable Engineering Inc.2$96,428
BOKA Powell, LLC2$82,826
Coen Partners LLC2$63,691
Corgan Associates, Inc.2$101,440
ENVELOPE Architecture and Design Inc2$87,040
Fitzpatrick Engineering Group, PLLC2$71,231
FormX Inc.2$86,882
FORTE CONSTRUCTION CORP2$71,217
Gehl Studio Inc.2$94,778
Globeatelie LLC2$83,012
HKS, Inc.2$104,250
Lang Architecture LLC2$70,000
Nicole Hollis2$114,250
Plainspace Architecture and Design DPC2$58,546
Prellwitz/Chilinski Associates, Inc.2$82,494
Ross-Tarrant Inc2$63,440
SDA Partnership USA Inc.2$68,775
The Corcoran Ota Group, Inc2$85,000
Varitronics Consulting, Inc.2$71,365
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo NA, Inc.2$97,000
WZ ARCHITECTURE, LP2$102,500
AlVero Studios, LLC1$80,500
AMBERLEAF CABINETRY INC.1$39,146
Anjali Grant Design LLC1$66,851
Arcadis, A California Partnership1$62,109
Arcadis Architects, Engineers and Landscape Architects, A New York General Partnership1$74,000
Bargmann Hendrie and Archetype, Inc1$78,333
Bargmann Hendrie Plus Archetype, Inc1$78,333
BC ARCHITECTS AIA, INC.1$67,000
BHC Design Studio LLC1$90,421
Blaine Design1$72,000
Bonsall Shafferman Architects and Space Planners PC1$46,000
C-A-P Services LLC1$57,824
C & R Equipment Service Inc.1$68,000
Clark Barnes PLLC1$71,365

Related job titles

Designer $78,811Project Manager $101,338Project Engineer $88,213Product Designer $133,300Architectural Designer $71,772Graphic Designer $60,000UX Designer $120,000Landscape Designer $69,992Project Leader $225,400Interior Designer $65,000

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer