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Architectural Designer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Architectural Designer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
35
Median offered wage
$65,000
Most common occupation
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Median wage$65,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Architectural Designer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20224
FY20237
FY202410
FY20259
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
23
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. exp U.S. Services Inc.5
  2. BLDG Projects, Inc4
  3. Cannon Design, Inc.2
  4. Nia Architects, Inc.2
  5. Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects, LLC2
  6. Mode Architects, P.C.1
  7. Senga Architects Inc.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $65,000; middle half $60,794 to $72,754 · median prevailing wage $59,634 (marker) · 35 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I19
  2. Level II10
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Architectural Designer" appears on 1,848 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 827 employers for worksites in 282 cities; the median offered wage is $70,000, so the median in Chicago is 7.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,848
Employers nationwide
827
Cities with filings
282
National median offered wage
$70,000
Share of national filings in Chicago
1.9%
Cities with the most applications for Architectural Designer
  1. New York City, NY548
  2. Los Angeles, CA117
  3. Boston, MA92
  4. San Francisco, CA82
  5. Brooklyn, NY64
  6. Washington, DC40
  7. Chicago, IL35
  8. Seattle, WA28
  9. Philadelphia, PA20
  10. San Diego, CA17
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Chicago job market

Chicago has 49,084 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 14,589 job titles and 6,191 employers; "Architectural Designer" ranks #150 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Architectural Designer in Chicago
150
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Architects, Except Landscape and Naval (all job titles)
$75,247
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Associate441
  7. Consultant409
  8. Assistant Professor375
  9. Senior Associate363
  10. Analyst343
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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