H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 27-1011Rank #94Updated Jun 2026

Art Directors

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Art Directors (SOC 27-1011). Based on 6,167 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$135,000
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$93,600
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$197,621
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
73
Rank #94 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I422$68,000$80,198$90,000
Level II340$85,000$115,000$130,000
Level III312$120,819$145,600$175,000
Level IV553$154,500$199,999$233,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1NY2,544$103,209
2CA1,632$110,000
3FL297$62,400
4IL242$87,000
5TX180$74,818
6CO97$93,184
7NJ85$74,880
8MA81$86,000
9WA68$120,000
10GA67$74,550
NY
2,544
CA
1,632
FL
297
IL
242
TX
180
CO
97
NJ
85
MA
81
WA
68
GA
67

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Apple Inc.
70
TBWA Worldwide Inc.
65
R/GA Media Group, Inc.
58
DROGA5, LLC
55
Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
54
AKQA, Inc.
50
BBDO USA, LLC
49
Saatchi & Saatchi North Am…
48
ANOMALY PARTNERS LLC
45
Goodby, Silverstein and Pa…
39

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

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