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Landscape Architects

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-1012 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-1012
Share of U.S. applications
0.04%
Applications on record
5,221
FY2025
494
Median offered wage
$75,000
Certified (last three years)
98.3%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$75,000certified 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 Landscape Architects (SOC 17-1012). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Landscape Architects

247494FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
247494FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200827
FY200952
FY2010188
FY2011206
FY2012147
FY2013156
FY2014212
FY2015222
FY2016255
FY2017323
FY2018422
FY2019367
FY2020351
FY2021284
FY2022349
FY2023371
FY2024416
FY2025494
FY2026*379
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0030079
FY20250041777
FY20240037739
FY20230133337
FY20221032028
FY20210025133
FY20200031635
FY20190034126
FY20180037151
FY20170129428
FY20160021540
FY20150019527
FY20140018626
FY20130014214
FY20120112917
FY20110118223
FY20100016028
FY2009003517
FY200800027

Largest sponsoring employers

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

Applications by employer
  1. Swa Group392
  2. EDSA, Inc.147
  3. James Corner Field Operations, LLC116
  4. Design Workshop, Inc.106
  5. Sasaki Associates77
  6. AECOM Technical Services, Inc.69
  7. Reed Hilderbrand LLC68
  8. LandDesign, Inc.54
  9. Sasaki Associates, Inc.52
  10. Terrain Studio Inc.50
  11. Rios Inc.49
  12. The Broussard Group, Inc.44

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Landscape Architects: applications by worksite state

1+3+8+45+103+
1+3+8+45+103+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,627
NY645
TX502
MA457
FL297
IL175
WA154
VA135
GA125
PA121
CO103
MD84
NC84
MI68
DC65
MO58
AZ52
MN52
OR52
NJ47
OH45
CT37
TN36
NM26
IN26
WI20
LA18
NV16
SC12
NE8
KY8
IA8
MP6
HI6
AR6
UT5
RI4
VT4
WV4
MT3
AL3
ME3
OK3
NH2
ID2
DE2
GU2
PR1
MS1
KS1
Metropolitan areas
  1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA832
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ682
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA651
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH432
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV198
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX196
  7. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL191
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX179
  9. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN175
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA146

Pay

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

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

Median $75,000; middle half $65,354 to $84,198 · median prevailing wage $68,349 (marker) · 1,045 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I550
  2. Level II381
  3. Level III99
  4. Level IV46
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Landscape Designer1,698
  2. Landscape Architect657
  3. Landscape Architectural Designer248
  4. Designer179
  5. Associate Landscape Architect54
  6. Landscape Architect (non-licensed)53
  7. Project Designer51
  8. Landscape Architectural and Urban Designer48

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
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV