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Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Chicago, IL: H-1B salaries

361 labor condition applications for this occupation with a work site in Chicago, IL. Median offered base salary $70,000; middle half $61,589–$81,000.

Applications (LCAs)361

Median offered salary$70,000

Middle half of salaries$61,589–$81,000

10th–90th percentile$59,634–$97,077

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$64,001
Level II (qualified)	$80,000
Level III (experienced)	$102,904
Level IV (fully competent)	$128,264

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP	41	$65,813
Studio Gang Architects	26	$83,432
Solomon Cordwell Buenz	25	$61,589
Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture LLP	15	—
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc.	13	$64,501
Perkins & Will, Inc.	12	$59,634
HKS, Inc.	10	$74,000
SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc.	9	$63,150
Krueck & Sexton Architects, Ltd	8	$75,432
Goettsch Partners, Inc.	8	$63,294
Perkins Eastman Architects DPC	7	$61,230
The Lamar Johnson Collaborative, Inc.	7	$85,000
Cannon Design, Inc.	7	$64,450
VIATechnik LLC	6	$103,922
RATIO States, LLC	6	$80,000
Holabird & Root LLC	6	$70,000
Gannett Fleming, Inc.	6	$59,634
Dxu LLC	5	$71,500
HDR Architecture, Inc.	5	$70,013
Stantec Architecture Inc.	4	$88,514
Harley Ellis Devereaux Corporation	4	—
FGP Atelier International PLLC	4	$76,000
Archeo Design Studio, Inc.	4	$80,000
BLDG Projects, Inc	4	$70,741
Woolpert, Inc.	4	$100,942
Studio ARQ, LLC	3	$62,500
Bailey Edward Design Inc	3	$60,000
Senga Architects Inc.	3	$59,634
BDE Architecture, Inc.	3	$92,700
Corgan Associates, Inc.	3	$97,129
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects Inc.	3	$76,000
En Masse Architecture and Design Ltd.	3	$70,000
Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects, LTD.	3	$82,014
Globetrotters Engineering Corporation	3	$75,005
Antunovich Associates, Inc.	3	$69,000
M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc.	3	$84,000
Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.	2	$74,381
Nia Architects, Inc.	2	$67,250
Studio AH, LLC	2	$57,949
DLR Group, Inc.	2	$128,134

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).