RateOrchard
Specialty Profile · California

Project Designer salary in California

A real-employer view of Project Designer 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

Project Designer in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 3 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $85,000. 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 — qualified1$115,000

Top employers filing for this role

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

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Nicole Hollis, Inc.Project Designer2$85,000
WZ ARCHITECTURE, LPProject Designer1$115,000

Recent sample filings

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

  • Project Designer at Nicole Hollis, Inc.
    $85,000
    San FranciscoDecided Dec 9, 2025I-200-25336-451488
  • Project Designer at WZ ARCHITECTURE, LP
    $115,000
    San FranciscoWage Level IIDecided Jun 10, 2025I-200-25154-045450
  • Project Designer at Nicole Hollis, Inc.
    $85,000
    San FranciscoDecided Nov 14, 2025I-200-25309-374594

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 Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.