Real salary data
What Commercial and Industrial Designers actually earn in 2026.
The median for Commercial and Industrial Designer is $91,135 across 1596 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Aug 10, 2026.
01 / By source
Real salary bands, by source.
Bands come from 1596 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.
Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $74,500–$137,056 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.
| Source | Records | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-1B visa filings | 1,596 | $74,500 | $91,135 | $137,056 |
- H-1B visa filings (DOL) — over-represents visa-eligible roles (typically high-skill, high-wage)
Salary data updated Aug 10, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.
02 / By city
What Commercial and Industrial Designers earn, by city.
Real records; cities with at least 10 observations.
| City | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 123 | $88,000 – $155,233 | $111,842 |
| San Francisco, CA | 75 | $100,000 – $167,000 | $147,300 |
| Redmond, WA | 61 | $156,725 – $180,958 | $169,000 |
| Chicago, IL | 47 | $70,300 – $112,850 | $77,563 |
| Houston, TX | 44 | $58,240 – $87,750 | $67,413 |
| Irvine, CA | 43 | $77,517 – $113,700 | $95,000 |
| Raymond, OH | 38 | $77,000 – $88,750 | $82,468 |
| Mountain View, CA | 34 | $150,055 – $175,075 | $168,850 |
| Auburn Hills, MI | 33 | $73,000 – $88,860 | $77,000 |
| San Jose, CA | 33 | $90,500 – $149,573 | $110,323 |
| Beaverton, OR | 32 | $104,589 – $165,289 | $128,952 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 32 | $70,750 – $111,250 | $89,429 |
03 / By state
What Commercial and Industrial Designers earn, by state.
| State | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 481 | $90,000 – $165,000 | $124,800 |
| NY | 184 | $75,000 – $147,504 | $101,186 |
| MI | 132 | $76,461 – $104,115 | $82,222 |
| TX | 123 | $64,740 – $91,450 | $71,115 |
| WA | 101 | $141,500 – $180,007 | $163,790 |
| IL | 70 | $70,494 – $113,925 | $78,782 |
| OH | 58 | $73,172 – $88,000 | $82,468 |
| OR | 46 | $100,000 – $163,538 | $123,798 |
| MA | 41 | $78,978 – $125,000 | $95,000 |
| GA | 40 | $66,144 – $102,000 | $82,018 |
| NJ | 40 | $57,722 – $100,644 | $77,210 |
| MN | 35 | $77,282 – $88,152 | $83,000 |
04 / Context
How Commercial and Industrial Designers pay compares with similar roles.
| Profession | Risk | Median | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising and Promotions Manager | Medium | $130,000 | -2.2% (2024–34) |
| Art Director | Medium | $150,213 | +4.2% (2024–34) |
| Content Writer | High | $89,013 | +3.6% (2024–34) |
| Copywriter | High | $89,013 | +3.6% (2024–34) |
| Graphic Designer | High | $110,420 | +2.1% (2024–34) |
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06 / FAQ
Salary questions, answered.
01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?
The BLS median covers all Commercial and Industrial Designer in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.
02How often is this data updated?
The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.