Visa Wage Index

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Employers filed 43 applications covering 43 positions for this role here, at a median of $84,739 a year. 27 of those state a minimum and no maximum — a Labor Condition Application commits an employer to a floor, not to a salary.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, wage year 2025-26 — the four levels an employer must meet depending on the experience the role demands.

LevelWho it is forA year
Level IEntry: a role needing basic understanding and close supervision$71,365
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$84,739
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$98,093
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$111,467

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
NAC, Inc. Level I 33 $75,000
DLR Group, Inc. Level I 22 $90,000
Freiheit Architecture, Inc. P.S. Level I 22 $71,365
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. Level II 22 $99,633
McCullough Architects, Inc Level I 22 $85,000
Perkins & Will, Inc. Level I 22 $71,365
RDH Building Science Inc. Level II 22 $84,739
ARC Architects, Inc. Level II 11 $85,000
Arcadis Inc. Level I 11 $77,979
Cannon Design, Inc. Level I 11 $71,365
Garret Cord Werner LLC Level II 11 $88,000
HDR Architecture, Inc. Level I 11 $98,509
HDR Architecture, Inc. Level II 11 $130,000
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, Inc. Level I 11 $86,135
HMC Group dba HMC Architects Level II 11 $105,000
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Level IV 11 $126,400
LMN Architects LLP Level I 11 $85,000
Microsoft Corporation Level I 11 $135,648
Milbrandt Architects, Inc. P.S. Level I 11 $75,341
Miller Hayashi Architects PLLC Level II 11 $85,280
Mithun, Inc. Level II 11 $84,740
NBBJ LP Level II 11 $95,000
Olson Kundig, Inc. Level I 11 $75,005
Ron Wright & Associates/Architects, P.S. Level II 11 $84,739
SHED Seattle, LLC Level I 11 $75,000
Stannard Architects PLLC Level I 11 $71,365
Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Level I 11 $84,157
STV Incorporated Level I 11 $71,365
TCA Architecture Planning, Inc. Level I 11 $76,385
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Level I 11 $88,504
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Level II 11 $84,739
ZURU Tech US LLC Level I 11 $71,365
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Level I 11 $65,645
NBBJ LP not stated 22 $72,071

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Source: OFLC disclosure data and prevailing wage library, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.