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Architectural and Civil Drafters

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-3011 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-3011
Share of U.S. applications
0.10%
Applications on record
12,604
FY2025
548
Median offered wage
$70,000
Certified (last three years)
93.9%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$70,000certified 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 Architectural and Civil Drafters (SOC 17-3011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Architectural and Civil Drafters

5711,141FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
5711,141FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008109
FY2009170
FY2010572
FY2011601
FY2012612
FY2013516
FY2014686
FY2015807
FY20161,071
FY20171,131
FY20181,087
FY20191,141
FY2020834
FY2021661
FY2022616
FY2023512
FY2024475
FY2025548
FY2026*455
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*134294144
FY2025131344190
FY2024172331125
FY2023200345147
FY2022190476121
FY2021210475165
FY2020120667155
FY201980953180
FY201800917170
FY2017001,03497
FY20160197892
FY20150076245
FY20140064541
FY20130149322
FY20120056943
FY20110154951
FY20100049379
FY20090011654
FY2008000109
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. M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.364
  2. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP140
  3. Rafael Vinoly Architects PC110
  4. Studios Architecture97
  5. AECOM Technical Services, Inc.92
  6. Payette Associates, Inc.75
  7. MBH Architects, Inc.75
  8. Grimshaw Architects P.C.63
  9. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects61
  10. HKS, Inc.58
  11. Handel Architects, LLP57
  12. Atelier Ten USA, LLC54
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).

Architectural and Civil Drafters: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
NY3,503
CA2,948
MA751
TX738
FL636
IL430
GA403
NJ328
VA237
PA232
CT213
WA211
MD191
DC182
AZ178
NC130
MP127
MO117
CO116
MN100
OH97
MI79
UT63
TN49
LA47
RI47
OK45
IN42
OR41
NV38
SC38
WI32
WY31
KY20
NH19
HI18
AL18
NM15
GU14
NE9
ID9
MS7
MT7
AR7
KS6
ME5
AK4
IA4
DE3
ND2
VT2
VI1
SD1
WV1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,672
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,423
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA980
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH720
  5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV436
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN425
  7. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL409
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA380
  9. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX325
  10. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX279
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 $70,000; middle half $60,902 to $79,787 · median prevailing wage $63,638 (marker) · 898 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I176
  2. Level II366
  3. Level III228
  4. Level IV186
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Architectural Designer2,550
  2. Architectural Drafter1,048
  3. Designer567
  4. Intern Architect402
  5. Architectural Intern356
  6. Project Designer185
  7. Technical Designer159
  8. Landscape Designer146
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
  • 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
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • 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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