Art Directors
Occupation · SOC 2018 27-1011 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 27-1011
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.06%
- Applications on record
- 7,048
- FY2025
- 277
- Median offered wage
- $151,935
- Certified (last three years)
- 97.8%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Art Directors (SOC 27-1011). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Art Directors
Data table
| FY2008 | 74 |
| FY2009 | 141 |
| FY2010 | 475 |
| FY2011 | 399 |
| FY2012 | 461 |
| FY2013 | 425 |
| FY2014 | 456 |
| FY2015 | 524 |
| FY2016 | 546 |
| FY2017 | 505 |
| FY2018 | 483 |
| FY2019 | 397 |
| FY2020 | 399 |
| FY2021 | 370 |
| FY2022 | 353 |
| FY2023 | 300 |
| FY2024 | 245 |
| FY2025 | 277 |
| FY2026* | 218 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 175 | 43 |
| FY2025 | 242 | 35 |
| FY2024 | 204 | 41 |
| FY2023 | 252 | 48 |
| FY2022 | 294 | 59 |
| FY2021 | 297 | 73 |
| FY2020 | 335 | 64 |
| FY2019 | 336 | 61 |
| FY2018 | 409 | 74 |
| FY2017 | 413 | 92 |
| FY2016 | 453 | 93 |
| FY2015 | 441 | 83 |
| FY2014 | 390 | 66 |
| FY2013 | 383 | 42 |
| FY2012 | 384 | 77 |
| FY2011 | 327 | 72 |
| FY2010 | 398 | 77 |
| FY2009 | 96 | 45 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 74 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Apple Inc.233
- Crispin Porter & Bogusky, LLC111
- Facebook, Inc.94
- Akqa, Inc.71
- Tbwa Worldwide Inc.67
- Leo Burnett Company, Inc.64
- Saatchi & Saatchi North America, Inc.62
- Droga5, LLC60
- Anomaly Partners LLC55
- R/ga Media Group Inc.54
- Microsoft Corporation46
- Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, Inc.42
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Art Directors: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| NY | 2,553 |
| CA | 2,532 |
| FL | 342 |
| IL | 262 |
| TX | 215 |
| NJ | 134 |
| MA | 128 |
| CO | 105 |
| WA | 98 |
| OR | 83 |
| GA | 82 |
| MI | 61 |
| VA | 53 |
| NV | 42 |
| DC | 40 |
| PA | 36 |
| OH | 33 |
| HI | 23 |
| MN | 19 |
| MD | 19 |
| MO | 16 |
| IN | 16 |
| NC | 15 |
| WI | 15 |
| AZ | 14 |
| UT | 13 |
| ME | 12 |
| NE | 12 |
| PR | 9 |
| SC | 9 |
| OK | 7 |
| RI | 6 |
| CT | 6 |
| TN | 6 |
| NH | 5 |
| IA | 4 |
| NM | 3 |
| LA | 3 |
| DE | 3 |
| MP | 2 |
| AR | 2 |
| AL | 2 |
| SD | 2 |
| ID | 1 |
| ND | 1 |
| MS | 1 |
| VT | 1 |
| MT | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,663
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,411
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA721
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA294
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL284
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN260
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH126
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA95
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX93
- Boulder, CO85
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $151,935; middle half $103,196 to $199,243 · median prevailing wage $125,299 (marker) · 604 applications.
- Level I159
- Level II137
- Level III93
- Level IV210
- Art Director1,618
- Creative Director769
- Senior Art Director404
- Associate Creative Director263
- Design Director174
- Junior Art Director70
- Executive Creative Director54
- Group Creative Director41
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
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