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Commercial and Industrial Designers

Occupation · SOC 2018 27-1021 · United States

SOC 2018 code
27-1021
Share of U.S. applications
0.19%
Applications on record
23,335
FY2025
1,085
Median offered wage
$94,200
Certified (last three years)
98.8%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$94,200certified 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 Commercial and Industrial Designers (SOC 27-1021). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Commercial and Industrial Designers

1,0442,088FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,0442,088FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200898
FY2009223
FY2010966
FY20111,275
FY20121,520
FY20131,597
FY20142,034
FY20152,088
FY20161,793
FY20171,650
FY20181,479
FY20191,435
FY20201,196
FY20211,030
FY20221,239
FY2023932
FY2024950
FY20251,085
FY2026*745
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0627118
FY20251932152
FY20240821129
FY20231791140
FY202201,098141
FY20210888142
FY202001,061135
FY201901,304131
FY201811,283195
FY201721,505143
FY201601,599194
FY201501,958130
FY201411,920113
FY201301,52671
FY201221,392126
FY201101,131144
FY20100842124
FY2009014776
FY20080098
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. L&T Technology Services Limited3,766
  2. Larsen & Toubro Limited1,721
  3. Larsen & Toubro Technology Services Ltd685
  4. General Motors Company379
  5. Satyam-venture Engineering Services PVT. Ltd.375
  6. Hinduja Tech Inc.351
  7. Microsoft Corporation346
  8. NIKE, Inc.307
  9. Ideo LP298
  10. M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.236
  11. Detroit Engineered Products, Inc.202
  12. Facebook, Inc.192
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).

Commercial and Industrial Designers: applications by worksite state

1+14+68+177+556+
1+14+68+177+556+
Data table
StateApplications
CA5,720
NY2,689
MI2,509
TX1,403
IL1,156
OH1,067
NJ785
WA776
MN733
MA634
GA632
FL556
WI547
OR475
PA446
NC281
IN268
SC260
CT252
KS251
MD197
MO177
CO157
AZ153
IA146
VA138
TN114
LA112
AL80
UT80
NV79
RI78
KY68
OK52
ND41
DC32
NE31
VT30
NH25
DE17
MS15
AR14
WV14
ID11
HI8
NM7
SD5
ME4
MP3
MT3
WY2
PR1
GU1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,196
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,161
  3. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI2,069
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,790
  5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,190
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN926
  7. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA754
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX745
  9. Columbus, OH637
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH592
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 $94,200; middle half $75,000 to $135,760 · median prevailing wage $78,853 (marker) · 2,303 applications.

$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I356
  2. Level II1,057
  3. Level III416
  4. Level IV534
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Industrial Designer5,119
  2. Design Engineer3,099
  3. Product Designer1,025
  4. Designer450
  5. Project Engineer340
  6. Engineer335
  7. Technical Designer248
  8. Commercial and Industrial Designer180
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.

  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Columbus, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • 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
  • 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
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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