Mid-level Industrial Designer salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 11 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Irving, Fort Worth, Rockwall, Lewisville, Mckinney.

Also listed as: Technical Designer

Median salary$73,440
Middle 50%$70.9k–$83k
vs. all levels here−11%comparison median $82,277
Filings11FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $70,072 and $118,090.
PercentileSalary
10th$70,720
25th$70,912
50th (median)$73,440
75th$83,000
90th$100,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $70k $90k FY2020: median $64,920 (18 filings) FY2022: median $75,587 (12 filings) FY2024: median $84,000 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 18 filings FY20 FY2021: 6 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 7 filings FY25 FY2026: 4 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$64,920$63,000$76,41818
FY2021–––6
FY2022$75,587$70,000$82,85112
FY2023–––7
FY2024$84,000$77,000$91,00013
FY2025–––7
FY2026–––4

Cost of living

Dallas's median mid-level Industrial Designer salary of $73,440 is worth about $71,200 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Commercial and Industrial Designers in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $86,920 in May 2025 (690 employed). The H-1B median here is $73,440, 16% 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
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associatestoo few3
Designitytoo few2
KPIT Technologiestoo 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 $73,440 11
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV too few 2

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$70,470$73,44011

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.