Visa Wage Index

Architectural and Civil Drafters in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Employers filed 60 applications covering 60 positions for this role here, at a median of $76,045 a year. 53 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 Architectural and Civil Drafters in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 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$51,480
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$63,773
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$76,045
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$88,338

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
Rafael Vinoly Architects P.C. Level II 44 $66,500
CetraRuddy Architecture DPC Level II 33 $80,000
Agencie Architecture & Engineering PC Level IV 22 $92,000
GABELLINI SHEPPARD ASSOCIATES LLP Level II 22 $69,387
J&N Construction Group Corp Level IV 22 $89,000
ORAEDGE INC Level III 22 $84,822
ROBERT WANTHOUSE & ASSOCIATES LLC. Level I 22 $52,260
SLCE Architects, LLP Level III 22 $76,045
2x4 DESIGN LLC Level IV 11 $94,000
AHUJA PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS Level I 11 $52,000
AHUJA PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTS Level II 11 $64,000
Andre Kikoski Architect PLLC Level I 11 $55,000
Atelier Ten USA, LLC Level I 11 $72,000
Bryan Nathaniel Young Architecture, PLLC Level II 11 $81,000
C3D Architecture PLLC Level IV 11 $90,000
Carlton Architecture PC Level I 11 $59,400
DBB ARCHITECTURE, P.C. Level IV 11 $108,160
Diamantopoulou Kolb Architecture D.P.C. Level IV 11 $88,500
The Diamond Merchants LLC Level II 11 $64,000
Douglas C. Wright Architects P.C. Level II 11 $75,000
F P Architects NY Inc. Level IV 11 $104,860
FOGARTY FINGER ARCHITECTURE PLLC Level II 11 $72,000
Frida Escobedo Studio Inc Level IV 11 $125,660
Front Architecture DPC Level II 11 $74,000
Front Architecture DPC Level III 11 $78,000
Gage Meyer Engineers P.C. Level IV 11 $100,000
The Gluck Architectural Collaborative, P.C. Level II 11 $70,000
GOSHOW ARCHITECTS, LLP Level II 11 $64,480
GRO Architects, PLLC Level II 11 $63,773
Inex Design Inc Level I 11 $95,000
Inex Design Inc Level IV 11 $95,000
ISMAEL LEYVA ARCHITECTS, P.C. Level I 11 $60,000
JF ARCHITECTURE D.P.C. Level II 11 $63,773
JFA ARCHITECTURE D.P.C. Level II 11 $63,773
Kostow Greenwood Architects LLP Level II 11 $66,500
Leroy Street Studio Architecture, D.P.C. Level IV 11 $102,973
Marin Architects, P.C. Level II 11 $63,794
Overland International, Inc. Level III 11 $78,000
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP Level III 11 $76,045
Pleasants Oncel Practice Architecture, DPC Level III 11 $76,045
Rafael Vinoly Architects P.C. Level IV 11 $95,918
Schiller Projects Inc. Level II 11 $77,000
Seth P. Roye Architect PC Level IV 11 $95,000
Shahrish Shuvo Engineering P.C. Level IV 11 $90,000
SLCE ARCHITECTS, LLP Level II 11 $72,000
Solos Construction LLC Level II 11 $63,773
Studio A & M Architects LLC Level II 11 $63,773
Walker Consultants, Inc. Level IV 11 $88,338
Procurement Advisors NY LLC not stated 11 $64,000

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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.