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Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-1011 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-1011
Share of U.S. applications
0.23%
Applications on record
27,695
FY2025
2,347
Median offered wage
$78,000
Certified (last three years)
98.1%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$78,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Architects, Except Landscape and Naval (SOC 17-1011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

1,1742,347FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,1742,347FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008498
FY2009636
FY20101,474
FY20111,193
FY20121,162
FY2013893
FY20141,185
FY20151,318
FY20161,443
FY20171,541
FY20181,872
FY20191,727
FY20201,568
FY20211,437
FY20221,835
FY20231,864
FY20241,908
FY20252,347
FY2026*1,794
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*001,430364
FY2025001,987360
FY2024001,729179
FY2023001,650214
FY2022001,671164
FY2021001,261176
FY2020201,367199
FY2019001,522205
FY2018001,593279
FY2017001,329212
FY2016001,203240
FY2015011,150167
FY2014011,014170
FY20130080786
FY201200966196
FY201100972221
FY2010001,162312
FY200900382254
FY2008000498
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC761
  2. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP664
  3. Perkins & Will, Inc.411
  4. Perkins Eastman Architects DPC315
  5. HDR Architecture, Inc.312
  6. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.282
  7. Corgan Associates, Inc.279
  8. M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.269
  9. Robert A.M. Stern Architects223
  10. SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc.216
  11. HKS, Inc.213
  12. Rtkl Associates Inc.193
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval: applications by worksite state

1+16+61+160+374+
1+16+61+160+374+
Data table
StateApplications
NY8,624
CA6,213
TX1,801
IL1,577
MA1,178
FL1,054
WA942
DC871
GA543
VA442
NJ413
PA374
MD348
AZ308
GU303
MO237
CO219
OR204
NC193
MI190
OH186
CT160
UT115
NV108
TN101
MN90
HI86
IN83
OK78
WI71
LA68
SC63
KS61
AL58
NM57
IA44
KY33
NE27
MS23
AR17
RI17
MP17
ME16
ID15
WY15
VT10
NH9
PR8
MT7
DE7
AK5
ND4
SD1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ8,854
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,452
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,050
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,540
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,359
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,144
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX925
  8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA913
  9. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL764
  10. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX562
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

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

Median $78,000; middle half $68,500 to $90,000 · median prevailing wage $69,763 (marker) · 4,924 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2,950
  2. Level II1,292
  3. Level III336
  4. Level IV136
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Architectural Designer3,946
  2. Architect2,247
  3. Designer1,315
  4. Intern Architect1,119
  5. Architectural Designer I747
  6. Project Architect581
  7. Junior Architect461
  8. Architectural Intern417
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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