Mid-level Designer salary in New York, NY

Based on 28 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hicksville, Hartsdale, Budd Lake.

Median salary$74,440
Middle 50%$72k–$80k
vs. all levels here−1%comparison median $74,880
Filings28FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $66,518 and $95,010.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,855
25th$72,000
50th (median)$74,440
75th$80,000
90th$88,599

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $62,629 (12 filings) FY2022: median $65,000 (13 filings) FY2025: median $75,510 (18 filings) FY2026: median $70,000 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 12 filings FY20 FY2021: 7 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 9 filings FY23 FY2024: 5 filings FY24 FY2025: 18 filings FY25 FY2026: 10 filings FY26 18
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$62,629$57,750$63,60612
FY2021–––7
FY2022$65,000$60,000$68,00013
FY2023–––9
FY2024–––5
FY2025$75,510$74,220$84,81018
FY2026$70,000$66,639$72,00010

Cost of living

New York's median mid-level Designer salary of $74,440 is worth about $66,100 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 $74,440, 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.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
INOA Architecturetoo few4
Entech Engineering, P.c.too 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.