H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 27-1021Rank #51Updated Jun 2026

Commercial and Industrial Designers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Commercial and Industrial Designers (SOC 27-1021). Based on 18,455 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$134,992
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$93,600
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$175,000
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
390
Rank #51 · 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 I942$58,240$72,114$92,150
Level II2,578$75,000$92,000$120,800
Level III1,487$98,000$133,993$160,000
Level IV1,532$115,000$150,000$187,000
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$58,240$72,114$92,150
Level II$75,000$92,000$120,800
Level III$98,000$133,993$160,000
Level IV$115,000$150,000$187,000

Top hiring states

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

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA5,587$100,922
2NY3,298$70,000
3WA957$143,052
4TX895$62,000
5IL667$60,000
6MI606$74,069
7OH593$60,000
8NJ444$60,000
9MA386$75,120
10MN383$54,912

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

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

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$50k
FY2011$48k
FY2012$50k
FY2013$52k
FY2014$56k
FY2015$60k
FY2016$65k
FY2017$70k
FY2018$77k
FY2019$82k
FY2020$93k
FY2021$107k
FY2022$106k
FY2023$110k
FY2024$101k
FY2025$110k
FY2026$135k
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