Interior
Sponsor Index
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Where the interior roles are Filings a year by metro. New York alone is a quarter of the country.
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How the verdict works. Strong bet: filed in FY25 and ≥1.5 reachable roles a year. Worth applying: filed since FY24 and ≥0.6. Long shot: anything less. “Reachable” = new hire from outside × Level I/II wage.

Where the interior roles are

Interior-design filings a year by metro. New York alone is a quarter of the country. Tap a city to see its sponsors.
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Worksite metro from the filing, not company HQ. A firm headquartered in Dallas may sponsor its New York studio. Figures are filings a year by worksite metro, from the 19,844 H-1B design filings in the dataset.

Skip the lottery entirely

Most H-1B jobs need a lottery win first. A small group of employers is exempt from that cap — they can sponsor you any month of the year, with no draw.
MOST EMPLOYERS The lottery Only 85,000 new H-1Bs a year. Employers register you in March; if you aren't drawn, you wait a full year. Recent odds have been roughly 1 in 4.
CAP-EXEMPT EMPLOYERS No lottery, any time Universities, nonprofits tied to a university, and nonprofit or government research groups aren't counted against the cap. They can file whenever they hire you.
THE CATCH It stays with that employer If you later move to a private design firm, that firm usually has to enter you in the lottery. Many people use cap-exempt roles to build U.S. experience first.
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ABOUT & METHOD

Where these numbers come from

The Interior Sponsor Index helps designers without U.S. citizenship find employers that actually sponsor work visas in interior design and close adjacent fields.

The data

Department of Labor LCA disclosures, FY2021–FY2025. Every H-1B role starts with one: employer, job title, occupation code, worksite, wage level and offered wage.

USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub: petition approvals and denials, joined to the filings at employer level.

What counts as interior

Filings under occupation code 27-1025 Interior Designers. Optional adjacents: 17-1011 Architects (architectural designers), 27-1027 Set & Exhibit, 27-1021 Commercial & Industrial.

Reachable roles a year

The headline number per firm. Interior filings over five years, kept only if they're new employment (not transfers or extensions) and at Level I or II wages (a proxy for junior roles), divided by five.

filings × new-hire share × entry-level share ÷ 5 years
How verdicts work
Strong betFiled in FY25 and 1.5 or more reachable roles a year.
Worth applyingActive recently, with fewer roles a year — real but occasional.
Long shotRare filings, or quiet since FY23 or earlier.
What the data can't tell you

A filing is intent, not a hire — every count is a ceiling. Firms that have never filed may still sponsor. It can't see open jobs, your personal odds, or whether an employer is formally cap-exempt.

Data through FY2025 · updated when DOL publishes each quarter's disclosure file.
DISCLAIMER

This is research, not legal advice

Use the index to decide where to look. Use an immigration attorney to decide what to do.

Not legal advice

Nothing here is legal advice or creates an attorney–client relationship. Visa rules change and every case is different. Speak to a licensed U.S. immigration attorney before acting.

No guarantee of a job or visa

Past filings don't mean a firm is hiring now, will hire you, or will sponsor you. Approval rates describe past petitions, not your chances.

No affiliation

The index isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or speaking for any employer listed, or for the Department of Labor or USCIS. Company names are used only to describe public filings.

Accuracy

Figures come from public government data and may contain errors, delays or mismatched employer names. Rows marked “sample” are placeholders. Cap-exempt status is inferred, not recorded.

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