2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Hellmuth Obata Kassabaum

Offered base salaries from 41 certified H-1B filings, across 4 roles in 5 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Hellmuth Obata Kassabaum's certified filings offered $81,705 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $68,994 and $95,930. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$72,696$63k – $119k18
Civil Engineers$110,000$79k – $135k10
Interior Designers$85,000$57k – $101k8
Landscape Architects$87,610$68k – $117k4
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$95,000$79k – $119k13
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$93,132$67k – $135k12
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$64,002$57k – $76k4
Kansas City, MO-KS$68,994$65k – $81k3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$66,000$66k – $75k3
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
41 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Hellmuth Obata Kassabaum's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.