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DESIGN DIRECTOR salary in New York

A real-employer view of DESIGN DIRECTOR 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 5, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

DESIGN DIRECTOR in New York: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 4 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $134,100. 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 IV — fully competent4$134,100

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for DESIGN DIRECTOR in New York. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Oliver Wyman, LLCDesign Director2$133,000
Design Studio Associates IncDESIGN DIRECTOR1$170,000
LE STUDIO DESIGN LTDDESIGN DIRECTOR1$135,200

Recent sample filings

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

  • DESIGN DIRECTOR at Design Studio Associates Inc
    $170,000
    LONG ISLAND CITYWage Level IVDecided Aug 22, 2025I-203-25227-244575
  • Design Director at Oliver Wyman, LLC
    $133,000
    New YorkWage Level IVDecided Jun 25, 2025I-200-25168-099607
  • DESIGN DIRECTOR at LE STUDIO DESIGN LTD
    $135,200
    NEW YORKWage Level IVDecided Oct 23, 2024I-203-24290-409508
  • Design Director at Oliver Wyman, LLC
    $133,000
    New YorkWage Level IVDecided Jun 6, 2025I-200-25150-033303

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 Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.