Expert Graphic Designer salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 21 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level IV in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irving, Plano, Frisco, Fort Worth, Grapevine.

Median salary$102,000
Middle 50%$75k–$119.4k
vs. all levels here+35%comparison median $75,500
Filings21FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $73,195 and $211,798.
PercentileSalary
10th$74,000
25th$75,000
50th (median)$102,000
75th$119,400
90th$159,924

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $90k $130k FY2020: median $64,272 (10 filings) FY2022: median $116,000 (12 filings) FY2026: median $76,000 (15 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 10 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 5 filings FY23 FY2024: 6 filings FY24 FY2025: 6 filings FY25 FY2026: 15 filings FY26 15
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$64,272$64,272$75,68710
FY2021–––8
FY2022$116,000$88,125$138,90012
FY2023–––5
FY2024–––6
FY2025–––6
FY2026$76,000$74,500$109,66015

Cost of living

Dallas's median expert Graphic Designer salary of $102,000 is worth about $98,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Dallas = 103.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Graphic Designers in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $63,780 in May 2025 (4,790 employed). The H-1B median here is $102,000, 60% higher.

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
Photon Infotech$89,00010

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 $70,500 14
Senior · Level III $65,600 10
Expert · Level IV $102,000 21

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$49,962$70,50014
Senior · Level III$60,611$65,60010
Expert · Level IV$73,195$102,00021

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.