Interior Designer salary in Dallas, TX

Based on 27 certified H-1B filings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Desoto, Southlake, Flower Mound, North Richland Hills, Plano.

Also listed as: Lighting Designer

Median salary$62,941

Middle 50%$60.5k–$80.2k

vs. national median−13%comparison median $72,000

Filings27FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

National median

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k$110k

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $49,540 and $108,443.

Percentile	Salary
10th	$54,000
25th	$60,466
50th (median)	$62,941
75th	$80,200
90th	$100,000

Salary by year

Median salary

Filings per year

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 year	Median	P25	P75	Filings
FY2020	–	–	–	4
FY2021	–	–	–	7
FY2022	–	–	–	5
FY2023	–	–	–	4
FY2024	$62,323	$55,250	$79,328	12
FY2025	$60,923	$59,000	$67,000	17
FY2026	$75,600	$64,711	$83,050	10

Cost of living

Dallas's median Interior Designer salary of $62,941 is worth about $61,100 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Interior Designers in the Dallas, TX area earned a median of $65,160 in May 2025 (2,420 employed). The H-1B median here is $62,941, 3% 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

Employer	Median	Filings
Big Sky Construction	too few	2
EJ Smith Construction Company	too few	2
Hks	too few	2
Perkins & Will	too few	2
Sunique Cabinets	too few	2
Thiel And Thiel	too few	2

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

By experience level

Wage level	Median	Filings
Entry-level · Level I	–	0
Mid-level · Level II	$62,971	14
Senior · Level III	–	0
Expert · Level IV	too few	2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage level	Prevailing wage (most common)	Median offered salary	Filings
Mid-level · Level II	$60,923	$62,971	14

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.