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Designer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Designer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
79
Median offered wage
$73,000
Most common occupation
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Median wage$73,000certified 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 "Designer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202215
FY202315
FY20249
FY202527
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
97.3%
Employers filing
26
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. Tata Consultancy Services Limited17
  2. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP13
  3. Dxu LLC5
  4. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP5
  5. Harley Ellis Devereaux Corporation4
  6. Woolpert, Inc.4
  7. Molly Meyer, LLC3
  8. Corgan Associates, Inc.3
  9. WM Reply, Inc.2
  10. Perkins & Will, Inc.2
  11. Bijora, 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 $73,000; middle half $64,896 to $76,149 · median prevailing wage $61,589 (marker) · 73 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I31
  2. Level II36
  3. Level III7
  4. Level IV2
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 "Designer" appears on 2,444 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 689 employers for worksites in 300 cities; the median offered wage is $77,314, so the median in Chicago is 5.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,444
Employers nationwide
689
Cities with filings
300
National median offered wage
$77,314
Share of national filings in Chicago
3.2%
Cities with the most applications for Designer
  1. New York City, NY403
  2. San Francisco, CA172
  3. Los Angeles, CA165
  4. Chicago, IL79
  5. Boston, MA76
  6. Brooklyn, NY71
  7. Seattle, WA67
  8. Dallas, TX60
  9. San Jose, CA60
  10. Irving, TX42
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; "Designer" ranks #63 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Designer in Chicago
63
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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