Mid-level Industrial Designer salary in Houston, TX

Based on 37 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Sugar Land, Spring, Katy, Pearland.

Also listed as: Technical Designer

Median salary$70,616
Middle 50%$68.5k–$80k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $70,616
Filings37FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $68,266 and $105,868.
PercentileSalary
10th$68,266
25th$68,500
50th (median)$70,616
75th$80,000
90th$87,600

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $66,484 (22 filings) FY2022: median $57,000 (17 filings) FY2024: median $71,115 (13 filings) FY2025: median $70,616 (17 filings) FY2026: median $74,815 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 22 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 17 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 17 filings FY25 FY2026: 20 filings FY26 22
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$66,484$64,000$71,48322
FY2021–––4
FY2022$57,000$54,600$61,00017
FY2023–––7
FY2024$71,115$71,115$72,50013
FY2025$70,616$70,616$74,50017
FY2026$74,815$68,500$80,03820

Cost of living

Houston's median mid-level Industrial Designer salary of $70,616 is worth about $71,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Houston = 98.6).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Pinnacle Infotech$78,51912
L&T Technology Servicestoo few8
Hptoo few3
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associatestoo few3
Piping Technology & Productstoo few3
Rvo Manufacturingtoo few3
cyberThinktoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $58,240 17
Mid-level · Level II $70,616 37
Senior · Level III $115,000 10
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
Entry-level · Level I$54,496$58,24017
Mid-level · Level II$68,266$70,61637
Senior · Level III$86,736$115,00010

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.