Designer salary in New York, NY

Based on 45 certified H-1B filings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hicksville, Hartsdale, Budd Lake.

Median salary$74,880
Middle 50%$70k–$85k
vs. national median+3%comparison median $72,800
Filings45FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $52,166 and $106,040.
PercentileSalary
10th$63,800
25th$70,000
50th (median)$74,880
75th$85,000
90th$96,390

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $70k $90k FY2020: median $60,000 (24 filings) FY2021: median $62,500 (14 filings) FY2022: median $64,000 (24 filings) FY2023: median $64,078 (22 filings) FY2024: median $77,999 (17 filings) FY2025: median $74,940 (24 filings) FY2026: median $74,880 (21 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 24 filings FY20 FY2021: 14 filings FY21 FY2022: 24 filings FY22 FY2023: 22 filings FY23 FY2024: 17 filings FY24 FY2025: 24 filings FY25 FY2026: 21 filings FY26 24
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$60,000$49,500$65,71824
FY2021$62,500$55,260$70,37414
FY2022$64,000$53,500$70,94824
FY2023$64,078$57,525$78,00022
FY2024$77,999$65,999$90,85417
FY2025$74,940$73,299$84,43024
FY2026$74,880$70,000$89,44021

Cost of living

New York's median Designer salary of $74,880 is worth about $66,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Designers, All Other in the New York, NY area earned a median of $82,170 in May 2025 (1,260 employed). The H-1B median here is $74,880, 9% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
INOA Architecturetoo few5
Entech Engineering, P.c.too few4
Alan Berman Architect Pllctoo few2
Smith-Miller Hawkinson Architectstoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II $74,440 28
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$73,299$74,44028

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.