H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 27-1024Rank #32Updated Sep 2026

Graphic Designers

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Graphic Designers (SOC 27-1024). Based on 37,815 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$105,100
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$75,000
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$152,000
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
1,545
Rank #32 · 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 I2,849$51,542$62,400$79,768
Level II6,066$67,314$85,322$120,000
Level III2,944$83,531$120,000$156,855
Level IV2,215$101,090$140,000$182,510
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$51,542$62,400$79,768
Level II$67,314$85,322$120,000
Level III$83,531$120,000$156,855
Level IV$101,090$140,000$182,510

Top hiring states

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

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA12,213$85,000
2NY8,023$62,000
3WA2,407$115,000
4TX1,630$63,000
5NJ1,296$60,000
6IL1,055$60,000
7MA1,031$72,000
8FL962$46,446
9GA889$63,128
10VA494$68,702

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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$47k
FY2011$43k
FY2012$47k
FY2013$50k
FY2014$55k
FY2015$60k
FY2016$63k
FY2017$65k
FY2018$72k
FY2019$76k
FY2020$85k
FY2021$85k
FY2022$86k
FY2023$89k
FY2024$99k
FY2025$96k
FY2026$105k
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