Salaries / Graphic Designers / San Jose
Graphic Designers salaries in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 123 certified H-1B applications for graphic designers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 48 employers.
The middle half of offers were $119,000 to $184,000 a year, with a median of $150,000: 36% above the national median for this job ($110,000).
The most common wage level was Level IV (40% of filings).
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 8% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 34% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 19% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 40% | — |
We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.
Who sponsors graphic designers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | 14 | $137,000 | 1 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 13 | $167,500 | — |
| Google LLC | 9 | $242,000 | — |
| Intuit Inc. | 9 | $168,500 | 2 |
| Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. | 7 | $141,000 | — |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 7 | $150,000 | — |
| Rubrik, Inc. | 6 | $175,000 | 5 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | 6 | $138,500 | 5 |
| OKC USA Holding Inc. | 4 | $203,000 | 1 |
| OKBL USA Technology Inc. | 3 | $171,000 | — |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 3 | $120,000 | 2 |
| Richard Lewis Media Group, Inc. | 2 | $74,500 | — |
| Kumo.ai, Inc. | 2 | $115,000 | — |
| Matic Robots, Inc. | 2 | $92,000 | — |
| Applied Intuition, Inc. | 2 | $150,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Graphic Designer, Ux Designer Ii, Product Designer, Ux Designer Iii, Senior Product Designer, Ux Designer, Designer, Senior Designer.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.