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
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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
Data table
| FY2008 | 27 |
| FY2009 | 52 |
| FY2010 | 188 |
| FY2011 | 206 |
| FY2012 | 147 |
| FY2013 | 156 |
| FY2014 | 212 |
| FY2015 | 222 |
| FY2016 | 255 |
| FY2017 | 323 |
| FY2018 | 422 |
| FY2019 | 367 |
| FY2020 | 351 |
| FY2021 | 284 |
| FY2022 | 349 |
| FY2023 | 371 |
| FY2024 | 416 |
| FY2025 | 494 |
| FY2026* | 379 |
| Fiscal year | CW-1 | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 0 | 300 | 79 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | 417 | 77 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 | 377 | 39 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 1 | 333 | 37 |
| FY2022 | 1 | 0 | 320 | 28 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 33 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 0 | 316 | 35 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 0 | 341 | 26 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 371 | 51 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 1 | 294 | 28 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 40 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 27 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 26 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 14 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 17 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 23 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 28 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Swa Group392
- EDSA, Inc.147
- James Corner Field Operations, LLC116
- Design Workshop, Inc.106
- Sasaki Associates77
- AECOM Technical Services, Inc.69
- Reed Hilderbrand LLC68
- LandDesign, Inc.54
- Sasaki Associates, Inc.52
- Terrain Studio Inc.50
- Rios Inc.49
- The Broussard Group, Inc.44
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Landscape Architects: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 1,627 |
| NY | 645 |
| TX | 502 |
| MA | 457 |
| FL | 297 |
| IL | 175 |
| WA | 154 |
| VA | 135 |
| GA | 125 |
| PA | 121 |
| CO | 103 |
| MD | 84 |
| NC | 84 |
| MI | 68 |
| DC | 65 |
| MO | 58 |
| AZ | 52 |
| MN | 52 |
| OR | 52 |
| NJ | 47 |
| OH | 45 |
| CT | 37 |
| TN | 36 |
| NM | 26 |
| IN | 26 |
| WI | 20 |
| LA | 18 |
| NV | 16 |
| SC | 12 |
| NE | 8 |
| KY | 8 |
| IA | 8 |
| MP | 6 |
| HI | 6 |
| AR | 6 |
| UT | 5 |
| RI | 4 |
| VT | 4 |
| WV | 4 |
| MT | 3 |
| AL | 3 |
| ME | 3 |
| OK | 3 |
| NH | 2 |
| ID | 2 |
| DE | 2 |
| GU | 2 |
| PR | 1 |
| MS | 1 |
| KS | 1 |
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA832
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ682
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA651
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH432
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV198
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX196
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL191
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX179
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN175
- 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.
- Level I550
- Level II381
- Level III99
- Level IV46
- Landscape Designer1,698
- Landscape Architect657
- Landscape Architectural Designer248
- Designer179
- Associate Landscape Architect54
- Landscape Architect (non-licensed)53
- Project Designer51
- 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
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