Interior Designer salary in Atlanta, GA

Based on 19 certified H-1B filings in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Marietta, Tucker, Alpharetta, Norcross, Duluth.

Also listed as: Lighting Designer

Median salary$60,000
Middle 50%$54k–$73.5k
vs. national median−17%comparison median $72,000
Filings19FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $43,725 and $110,935.
PercentileSalary
10th$52,414
25th$54,000
50th (median)$60,000
75th$73,471
90th$75,720

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2022: median $51,532 (10 filings) FY2023: median $64,917 (13 filings) FY2025: median $58,965 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 9 filings FY21 FY2022: 10 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 8 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 13
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–––7
FY2021–––9
FY2022$51,532$43,626$55,01210
FY2023$64,917$53,500$71,00013
FY2024–––8
FY2025$58,965$53,639$72,10010
FY2026–––9

Cost of living

Atlanta's median Interior Designer salary of $60,000 is worth about $60,000 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Atlanta = 100.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Interior Designers in the Atlanta, GA area earned a median of $72,490 in May 2025 (2,430 employed). The H-1B median here is $60,000, 17% 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
Corgan Associatestoo few2
DLR Grouptoo few2
Perkins & Willtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II too few 2
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.