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Architectural Designer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Architectural Designer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
82
Median offered wage
$81,278
Most common occupation
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Median wage$81,278certified 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 San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1224FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202224
FY202316
FY202413
FY202520
FY2026*9
Certified (decided applications)
97.4%
Employers filing
37
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. WRNS Studio14
  2. Hart Howerton Ltd.5
  3. Jensen Architects, Inc.4
  4. Stantec Architecture Inc.3
  5. Gelfand Partners Architects3
  6. OTJ Architects3
  7. SB Architects3
  8. FDG Design Group LLC3
  9. Kerman Morris Architects LLP2
  10. Perry Architects Inc.2
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 $81,278; middle half $74,815 to $86,625 · median prevailing wage $79,768 (marker) · 76 applications.

$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I53
  2. Level II21
  3. Level III1
  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 San Francisco is 16.1% above 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 San Francisco
4.4%
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 San Francisco job market

San Francisco has 62,593 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 16,467 job titles and 6,403 employers; "Architectural Designer" ranks #61 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Architectural Designer in San Francisco
61
Median offered wage in San Francisco, all job titles
$167,000
National median wage, Architects, Except Landscape and Naval (all job titles)
$75,247
Other job titles in San Francisco
  1. Software Engineer5,831
  2. Senior Software Engineer2,179
  3. Associate727
  4. Staff Software Engineer723
  5. Software Engineering Smts719
  6. Data Scientist702
  7. Product Manager678
  8. Postdoctoral Scholar642
  9. Engineering Manager520
  10. Member of Technical Staff517
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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