Architects, Except Landscape and Naval H-1B salary in San Francisco, CA

Level IV starts at $157,061. The median offer, $90,000, is Level I.

III

$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k

IIIIIIIV

median $90k

Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 1 LCA = 2 LCAs

Dots: certified H-1B LCAs for this job here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026, in $10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches. Dashed lines and the ruler: where Levels I to IV start (OFLC 2026-27).

106certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026

$90,000median offer, Level I

$80k to $102kmiddle half of offers

22new-employment LCAs, too few for shares

Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

The four wage levels here

annual salary each level starts at · outlined: where the median offer lands

Level I

$78,9981 entry

Level II

$105,0192 entries

Level III

$131,0403 entries

Level IV

$157,0614 entries

Where does your salary land?

same job and wage area

Example · the median offer here

Level I · 1 entry

IIIIIIIV $79k$105k$131k$157k

Median · $90,000

$15,019 more reaches Level II (2 entries). Enter your salary to place it.

Employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 · median offer and the entries it gets

#	Employer	LCAs	Median offer
1	Perkins & Will, Inc.	9	$79,768
2	SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc.	9	$101,000
3	Handel Architects LLP	7	$85,696
4	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.	7	$100,000
5	Solomon Cordwell Buenz	5	$80,000
6	Boulder Associates, Inc.	4	$90,000
7	HDR Architecture, Inc.	4	$94,890
8	Klopf Architecture	4	$97,277
9	WRNS Studio	4	$79,500
10	Esherick Homsey Dodge and Davis, Architects, A Professional Corporation	3	$84,302
11	Lewis Butler Architects	3	$83,200
12	Stantec Architecture Inc.	3	$80,000
	All other employers	44	–

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