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Architect salary in California

A real-employer view of Architect pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Architect in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 25 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $86,403. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level II — qualified2$112,923

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Architect in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITEDArchitect16$86,403
Tata Consultancy Services LimitedArchitect7$86,403
NVIDIA CorporationArchitect Senior2$202,218

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Architect at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    $86,403
    RosemeadDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25353-496872
  • Architect at Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    $78,749
    Westlake VillageDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-477993
  • Architect Senior at NVIDIA Corporation
    $223,142
    Santa ClaraDecided Dec 4, 2025I-200-25330-439350
  • Architect at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    $86,403
    RosemeadDecided Dec 23, 2025I-200-25350-485795
  • Architect at Tata Consultancy Services Limited
    $114,795
    PleasantonDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-477521
  • Architect at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    $86,403
    IrvineDecided Dec 12, 2025I-200-25339-460433
  • Senior Architect at NVIDIA Corporation
    $181,293
    Santa ClaraDecided Nov 26, 2025I-200-25323-421862
  • Architect at TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
    $86,403
    IrvineDecided Nov 24, 2025I-200-25321-414014

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.