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Designer in San Francisco, CA

Job title · San Francisco, California

Job title as filed
Designer
City
San Francisco, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
172
Median offered wage
$80,018
Most common occupation
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Median wage$80,018certified 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 San Francisco.

Applications by fiscal year

2141FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2141FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202238
FY202341
FY202436
FY202533
FY2026*24
Certified (decided applications)
97.6%
Employers filing
69
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. Perkins & Will, Inc.15
  2. Studios Architecture13
  3. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP11
  4. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.8
  5. Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis, Architects, A Professional Corporation7
  6. The Gap, Inc.7
  7. Woods Bagot North America Inc.6
  8. F+P Architects New York Inc.5
  9. Atelier Ten USA, LLC5
  10. Harley Ellis Devereaux Corporation4
  11. MWA Architects, Inc.4
  12. Mark Cavagnero Associates4
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 $80,018; middle half $74,817 to $90,168 · median prevailing wage $77,529 (marker) · 161 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I62
  2. Level II27
  3. Level III20
  4. Level IV13
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 San Francisco is 3.5% above 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 San Francisco
7.0%
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 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; "Designer" ranks #34 by applications, with 0.3% of them.

Applications in San Francisco, all job titles
62,593
Job titles filed
16,467
Rank of Designer in San Francisco
34
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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