Architectural Lighting Designer Salary in Wisconsin

How much does an Architectural Lighting Designer make in Wisconsin?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for an Architectural Lighting Designer in Wisconsin is $91,782 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $44.

However, an Architectural Lighting Designer's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $108,189
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $83,802 to $100,370
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $76,537

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Architectural Lighting Designer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$100,370	$8,364	$1,930	$48
Average	$91,782	$7,649	$1,765	$44
25th Percentile	$83,802	$6,984	$1,612	$40

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Key Factors That Influence Architectural Lighting Designer Salaries

An Architectural Lighting Designer's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Architectural Lighting Designer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Architectural Lighting Designer's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $60,917
Early Career (1-2 years): $73,979
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $91,151
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $109,057
Expert (over 8 years): $128,282

Levels	Salary
Architect... Level Architectural Lighting Designer	$60,917
Architect... Level Architectural Lighting Designer	$73,979
Architect... Level Architectural Lighting Designer	$91,151
Architect... Level Architectural Lighting Designer	$109,057
Architect... Level Architectural Lighting Designer	$128,282

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How Do Architectural Lighting Designer Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Architectural Lighting Designers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $103,305.
California: $102,913.
Massachusetts: $101,542.

District of Columbia $103,305 California $102,913 Massachusetts $101,542 Washington $101,168 New Jersey $101,131 Alaska $101,000 Connecticut $99,713 New York $99,190

Hawaii $97,520 Rhode Island $96,737 Maryland $96,205 Minnesota $95,477 Colorado $95,197 Illinois $95,104 Oregon $94,749 Delaware $94,488

New Hampshire $94,324 Virginia $93,956 Pennsylvania $92,883 Nevada $92,342 North Dakota $92,165 Michigan $91,885 Wisconsin $91,782 Vermont $91,577

Texas $91,008 Maine $90,970 Arizona $90,914 Ohio $90,849 Georgia $89,991 Indiana $89,562 Wyoming $89,478 Utah $89,347

Iowa $89,291 Kansas $88,843 Louisiana $88,712 North Carolina $88,666 Missouri $88,647 Florida $88,283 Montana $88,087 Nebraska $87,901

Kentucky $87,798 South Carolina $87,425 Tennessee $87,192 Idaho $87,098 New Mexico $86,417 Oklahoma $86,268 Alabama $85,717 South Dakota $84,794

Arkansas $84,290 West Virginia $84,019 Mississippi $83,208

Top Paying Cities for Architectural Lighting Designers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Green Lake: $89,278
Greenville: $90,127
Hancock: $88,488

Green Lake, WI $89,278 Greenville, WI $90,127 Hancock, WI $88,488 Hortonville, WI $89,938 Iola, WI $88,880 King, WI $89,561 Larsen, WI $89,772 Leopolis, WI $88,770

Manawa, WI $89,211 Marion, WI $88,935 Menasha, WI $90,201 Neenah, WI $90,036 Neshkoro, WI $88,957 New London, WI $89,566 Ogdensburg, WI $89,010 Omro, WI $89,450

Pickett, WI $89,523 Pine River, WI $89,177 Plainfield, WI $88,652 Poy Sippi, WI $89,239 Princeton, WI $89,064 Readfield, WI $89,682 Redgranite, WI $89,263 Ripon, WI $89,435

Rosendale, WI $89,479 Saxeville, WI $89,079 Scandinavia, WI $88,951 Tilleda, WI $88,636 Van Dyne, WI $89,591 Waukau, WI $89,436 Waupaca, WI $89,196 Wautoma, WI $88,988

Weyauwega, WI $89,349 Wild Rose, WI $89,015 Winnebago, WI $89,797 Winneconne, WI $89,588 Wilson, WI $91,056 Boyd, WI $88,698 Cadott, WI $88,762 Chetek, WI $88,522

Chippewa Falls, WI $88,952 Colfax, WI $88,845 Conrath, WI $88,343 Cornell, WI $88,572 Dallas, WI $89,031 Downing, WI $90,630 Downsville, WI $89,972 Durand, WI $89,885

Eau Galle, WI $89,687 Eleva, WI $89,048 Elk Mound, WI $88,852 Elmwood, WI $90,549 Fairchild, WI $88,940 Fall Creek, WI $88,992 Gilmanton, WI $89,454 Holcombe, WI $88,420

Humbird, WI $88,841 Independence, WI $89,196 Jim Falls, WI $88,646 Knapp, WI $90,582 Maiden Rock, WI $90,692 Menomonie, WI $89,886 Merrillan, WI $88,718 Mondovi, WI $89,228

Nelson, WI $90,293 New Auburn, WI $88,487 Osseo, WI $89,256 Pepin, WI $91,004 Pigeon Falls, WI $89,455 Plum City, WI $90,570 Prairie Farm, WI $89,799 Ridgeland, WI $89,317

Rock Falls, WI $88,890 Sand Creek, WI $88,535 Sheldon, WI $88,305 Spring Valley, WI $91,118 Stanley, WI $88,722 Stockholm, WI $91,218 Strum, WI $89,198 Thorp, WI $88,680

Wheeler, WI $89,511 Whitehall, WI $89,081 Spooner, WI $88,278 Almena, WI $89,513 Ashland, WI $88,189 Balsam Lake, WI $90,973 Barron, WI $88,951 Barronett, WI $88,315

Bayfield, WI $88,191 Benoit, WI $88,062 Birchwood, WI $88,157 Brill, WI $88,527 Bruce, WI $88,258 Brule, WI $89,014 Cable, WI $87,882 Cameron, WI $88,548

Centuria, WI $91,472 Comstock, WI $89,757 Cornucopia, WI $88,308 Couderay, WI $87,927 Cumberland, WI $89,097 Danbury, WI $88,805 Drummond, WI $88,143 Edgewater, WI $88,106

Exeland, WI $87,992 Foxboro, WI $89,330 Frederic, WI $89,590 Gordon, WI $88,588 Grand View, WI $87,964 Grantsburg, WI $90,135 Haugen, WI $88,622 Hawthorne, WI $89,306

Hayward, WI $87,992 Herbster, WI $88,430 Hertel, WI $88,302 High Bridge, WI $88,058 Iron River, WI $88,690 Ladysmith, WI $88,266 Lake Nebagamon, WI $89,108 La Pointe, WI $88,041

Luck, WI $90,629 Maple, WI $89,318 Marengo, WI $88,021 Mason, WI $88,033 Mikana, WI $88,517 Milltown, WI $91,007 Minong, WI $88,549 Odanah, WI $88,390

Ojibwa, WI $87,840 Glidden, WI $87,873 Harshaw, WI $88,280 Hawkins, WI $88,113 Hazelhurst, WI $88,294 Heafford Junction, WI $88,369 Hurley, WI $88,117 Iron Belt, WI $87,953

Kennan, WI $88,127 Lac Du Flambeau, WI $88,271 Lake Tomahawk, WI $88,321 Land O Lakes, WI $88,202 Laona, WI $88,251 Long Lake, WI $88,009 Mc Naughton, WI $88,331 Manitowish Waters, WI $88,196

Mellen, WI $87,909 Mercer, WI $88,040 Minocqua, WI $88,364 Montreal, WI $88,141 Park Falls, WI $88,106 Phelps, WI $88,201 Phillips, WI $88,145 Prentice, WI $88,213

Presque Isle, WI $88,159 Saint Germain, WI $88,381 Saxon, WI $87,987 Sayner, WI $88,261 Star Lake, WI $88,031 Three Lakes, WI $88,278 Tony, WI $88,253 Tripoli, WI $88,064

Upson, WI $87,691 Wabeno, WI $88,258 Woodruff, WI $88,401 La Crosse, WI $87,779 Alma, WI $90,016 Alma Center, WI $88,829 Arcadia, WI $89,154 Arkdale, WI $88,493

Bangor, WI $87,972 Black River Falls, WI $88,541 Blair, WI $88,810 Camp Douglas, WI $88,623 Cashton, WI $88,067 Cataract, WI $88,208 Chaseburg, WI $87,924 Cochrane, WI $89,860

Coon Valley, WI $87,889 De Soto, WI $88,076 Dodge, WI $88,904 Eastman, WI $88,326 Ettrick, WI $88,245 Ferryville, WI $88,220 Fountain City, WI $89,472 Galesville, WI $88,514

Gays Mills, WI $88,496 Genoa, WI $87,989 Hillsboro, WI $88,811 Hixton, WI $88,828 Holmen, WI $87,984 Hustler, WI $88,947 Kendall, WI $88,702 La Farge, WI $88,566

Lynxville, WI $88,334 Mather, WI $88,517 Melrose, WI $88,228 Millston, WI $88,327 Mindoro, WI $88,046 Mount Sterling, WI $88,642 Necedah, WI $88,527 Norwalk, WI $88,171

Oakdale, WI $88,628 Onalaska, WI $87,847 Ontario, WI $88,558 Readstown, WI $88,465 Rockland, WI $87,955 Seneca, WI $88,728 Soldiers Grove, WI $88,562 Sparta, WI $88,138

Steuben, WI $88,486 Stoddard, WI $87,851 Taylor, WI $88,635 Tomah, WI $88,672 Trempealeau, WI $88,503 Palmyra, WI $90,503 Tunnel City, WI $88,629 Viola, WI $88,622

Viroqua, WI $88,069 Warrens, WI $88,490 Westby, WI $88,024 West Salem, WI $87,892 Wilton, WI $88,623 Eau Claire, WI $89,196 Altoona, WI $89,317 Arkansaw, WI $90,254

Augusta, WI $88,973 Bay City, WI $91,074 Bloomer, WI $88,667 Boyceville, WI $90,065 Glen Flora, WI $88,110 Wales, WI $91,741 Bagley, WI $88,341 Beetown, WI $88,430

Benton, WI $88,779 Bloomington, WI $88,446 Boscobel, WI $88,636 Cassville, WI $88,340 Cuba City, WI $88,621 Dickeyville, WI $88,696 Fennimore, WI $88,742 Glen Haven, WI $88,292

Hazel Green, WI $88,477 Kieler, WI $88,721 Lancaster, WI $88,540 Mount Hope, WI $88,432 Patch Grove, WI $88,751 Platteville, WI $88,917 Potosi, WI $88,364 Prairie Du Chien, WI $88,557

Sinsinawa, WI $88,442 Stitzer, WI $88,714 Wauzeka, WI $88,476 Woodman, WI $88,378 Portage, WI $90,325 Adams, WI $88,900 Arlington, WI $91,238 Baraboo, WI $90,332

Beaver Dam, WI $90,251 Brandon, WI $89,290 Briggsville, WI $89,763 Burnett, WI $89,642 Cambria, WI $90,199 Cazenovia, WI $88,973 Columbus, WI $90,962 Dalton, WI $89,685

Dellwood, WI $88,601 Doylestown, WI $90,820 Elroy, WI $88,727 Endeavor, WI $89,650 Fairwater, WI $89,465 Fall River, WI $90,705 Fox Lake, WI $89,806 Friendship, WI $88,632

Friesland, WI $90,083 Grand Marsh, WI $88,939 Hillpoint, WI $89,493 Kingston, WI $89,770 Lake Delton, WI $90,000 La Valle, WI $89,096 Lime Ridge, WI $89,429 Loganville, WI $89,699

Lyndon Station, WI $89,215 Markesan, WI $89,336 Marquette, WI $89,645 Mauston, WI $88,879 Montello, WI $89,334 New Lisbon, WI $88,633 North Freedom, WI $90,376 Oxford, WI $89,349

Packwaukee, WI $89,704 Pardeeville, WI $90,379 Poynette, WI $90,952 Randolph, WI $90,196 Reedsburg, WI $89,673 Rio, WI $90,855 Rock Springs, WI $89,791 Union Center, WI $89,129

Waupun, WI $89,477 Westfield, WI $88,920 Wisconsin Dells, WI $89,631 Wonewoc, WI $88,792 Wyocena, WI $90,582 Amery, WI $91,496 Baldwin, WI $92,045 Beldenville, WI $91,875

Clayton, WI $90,299 Clear Lake, WI $91,025 Cushing, WI $91,187 Deer Park, WI $91,680 Dresser, WI $92,297 East Ellsworth, WI $91,642 Ellsworth, WI $91,792 Glenwood City, WI $91,228

Hager City, WI $92,028 Hammond, WI $93,129 Hudson, WI $94,604 New Richmond, WI $93,354 Osceola, WI $93,595 Prescott, WI $93,853 River Falls, WI $93,735 Roberts, WI $93,709

Saint Croix Falls, WI $91,750 Somerset, WI $94,233 Star Prairie, WI $93,107 Pell Lake, WI $90,258 Pleasant Prairie, WI $90,342 Powers Lake, WI $90,412 Rochester, WI $90,775 Salem, WI $90,483

Silver Lake, WI $90,506 Somers, WI $90,231 South Milwaukee, WI $92,901 Springfield, WI $90,297 Sturtevant, WI $90,248 Sullivan, WI $90,715 Trevor, WI $90,526 Twin Lakes, WI $90,487

Union Grove, WI $90,444 Walworth, WI $90,106 Radisson, WI $87,952 Waterford, WI $91,254 Waukesha, WI $92,640 Whitewater, WI $89,987 Williams Bay, WI $90,020 Wilmot, WI $90,522

Woodworth, WI $90,412 Zenda, WI $90,015 Milwaukee, WI $93,406 Saint Francis, WI $93,365 Racine, WI $90,187 Afton, WI $89,924 Albany, WI $90,537 Arena, WI $90,568

Argyle, WI $90,032 Avalon, WI $89,938 Avoca, WI $89,421 Barneveld, WI $90,576 Belleville, WI $91,135 Belmont, WI $89,165 Beloit, WI $89,841 Black Earth, WI $91,139

Blanchardville, WI $90,269 Blue Mounds, WI $90,870 Blue River, WI $88,603 Brodhead, WI $89,920 Brooklyn, WI $91,178 Browntown, WI $89,325 Cambridge, WI $91,135 Gile, WI $88,412

Clinton, WI $89,990 Wausau, WI $88,705 Marshfield, WI $88,743 Abbotsford, WI $88,656 Amherst, WI $88,892 Amherst Junction, WI $88,792 Aniwa, WI $88,357 Antigo, WI $88,445

Arpin, WI $88,568 Athens, WI $88,452 Auburndale, WI $88,524 Babcock, WI $88,386 Birnamwood, WI $88,410 Blenker, WI $88,512 Bowler, WI $88,582 Brokaw, WI $88,587

Bryant, WI $88,253 Chili, WI $88,636 Colby, WI $88,608 Curtiss, WI $88,568 Custer, WI $88,667 Deerbrook, WI $88,248 Dorchester, WI $88,573 Edgar, WI $88,522

Eland, WI $88,511 Elcho, WI $88,291 Elderon, WI $88,564 Elton, WI $88,367 Galloway, WI $88,648 Gilman, WI $88,374 Jump River, WI $88,296 Gleason, WI $88,267

Granton, WI $88,631 Greenwood, WI $88,677 Hannibal, WI $88,359 Hatley, WI $88,476 Hewitt, WI $88,902 Irma, WI $88,307 Junction City, WI $88,477 Loyal, WI $88,669

Lublin, WI $88,448 Marathon, WI $88,506 Mattoon, WI $88,683 Medford, WI $88,478 Merrill, WI $88,448 Milladore, WI $88,509 Mosinee, WI $88,567 Neillsville, WI $88,754

Nekoosa, WI $88,598 Nelsonville, WI $88,985 Ogema, WI $88,239 Owen, WI $88,587 Pearson, WI $88,218 Pelican Lake, WI $88,224 Phlox, WI $88,617 Woodville, WI $91,538

Houlton, WI $94,836 Abrams, WI $88,708 Amberg, WI $88,171 Armstrong Creek, WI $88,194 Athelstane, WI $88,228 Black Creek, WI $89,669 Bonduel, WI $88,954 Brillion, WI $89,589

Cecil, WI $88,817 Coleman, WI $88,631 Combined Locks, WI $90,264 Crivitz, WI $88,472 De Pere, WI $88,898 Dunbar, WI $88,135 Fence, WI $88,043 Florence, WI $88,172

Forest Junction, WI $89,844 Gillett, WI $88,753 Goodman, WI $88,190 Greenleaf, WI $89,239 Green Valley, WI $88,777 Gresham, WI $88,721 Hilbert, WI $89,811 Kaukauna, WI $90,153

Freedom, WI $90,041 Keshena, WI $88,816 Kimberly, WI $90,270 Krakow, WI $88,778 Lakewood, WI $88,336 Lena, WI $88,692 Little Chute, WI $90,266 Little Suamico, WI $88,685

Marinette, WI $88,742 Mountain, WI $88,387 Neopit, WI $88,599 Niagara, WI $88,268 Nichols, WI $89,272 Oconto, WI $88,684 Oconto Falls, WI $88,732 Oneida, WI $88,786

Pembine, WI $88,211 Peshtigo, WI $88,668 Porterfield, WI $88,436 Potter, WI $89,636 Pound, WI $88,535 Pulaski, WI $88,810 Pickerel, WI $88,301 Pittsville, WI $88,503

Plover, WI $88,800 Port Edwards, WI $88,847 Rib Lake, WI $88,361 Ringle, WI $88,448 Rosholt, WI $88,630 Rothschild, WI $88,787 Rudolph, WI $88,538 Schofield, WI $88,714

Spencer, WI $88,652 Stetsonville, WI $88,518 Stevens Point, WI $88,761 Stratford, WI $88,577 Summit Lake, WI $88,317 Tigerton, WI $88,719 Tomahawk, WI $88,372 Unity, WI $88,582

Vesper, WI $88,551 Westboro, WI $88,246 White Lake, WI $88,291 Willard, WI $88,657 Wisconsin Rapids, WI $88,709 Withee, WI $88,533 Wittenberg, WI $88,612 Rhinelander, WI $88,421

Argonne, WI $88,138 Boulder Junction, WI $88,193 Brantwood, WI $88,111 Butternut, WI $87,967 Catawba, WI $88,139 Clam Lake, WI $87,662 Conover, WI $88,239 Crandon, WI $88,376

Eagle River, WI $88,370 Fifield, WI $88,083 Poplar, WI $89,448 Port Wing, WI $88,712 Seymour, WI $89,165 Oak Creek, WI $92,273 Adell, WI $90,470 Allenton, WI $90,801

Ashippun, WI $91,093 Belgium, WI $91,358 Brookfield, WI $93,199 Brownsville, WI $89,568 Butler, WI $93,254 Campbellsport, WI $90,010 Cascade, WI $89,936 Cedarburg, WI $92,405

Cedar Grove, WI $90,938 Chilton, WI $89,640 Cleveland, WI $89,281 Clyman, WI $90,379 Colgate, WI $92,258 Delafield, WI $91,705 Eden, WI $89,540 Elkhart Lake, WI $89,534

Fredonia, WI $91,334 Germantown, WI $92,641 Glenbeulah, WI $89,490 Grafton, WI $92,422 Greenbush, WI $89,487 Hartford, WI $91,444 Hartland, WI $91,984 Hingham, WI $90,327

Horicon, WI $90,117 Hubertus, WI $92,135 Hustisford, WI $90,478 Iron Ridge, WI $90,612 Ixonia, WI $90,894 Jackson, WI $92,142 Johnson Creek, WI $90,614 Juneau, WI $90,116

Kewaskum, WI $90,839 Kiel, WI $89,377 Kohler, WI $89,762 Lannon, WI $92,770 Lebanon, WI $90,565 Lomira, WI $89,988 Malone, WI $89,563 Mayville, WI $90,018

Menomonee Falls, WI $92,909 Merton, WI $92,135 Mount Calvary, WI $89,639 Nashotah, WI $91,684 Neosho, WI $90,927 Newburg, WI $91,705 New Holstein, WI $89,513 Newton, WI $89,196

North Lake, WI $92,455 Oakfield, WI $89,402 Oconomowoc, WI $91,324 Okauchee, WI $91,584 Oostburg, WI $90,491 Pewaukee, WI $92,382 Plymouth, WI $89,655 Port Washington, WI $91,862

Random Lake, WI $90,900 Richfield, WI $92,184 Rubicon, WI $91,084 Saint Cloud, WI $89,631 Saukville, WI $91,976 Sheboygan, WI $90,020 Sheboygan Falls, WI $89,716 Slinger, WI $91,732

Stockbridge, WI $89,841 Sussex, WI $92,453 West Bend, WI $91,255 Theresa, WI $90,526 Thiensville, WI $93,087 Waldo, WI $90,245 Watertown, WI $90,500 Mequon, WI $92,849

Woodland, WI $90,693 Bassett, WI $90,488 Benet Lake, WI $90,403 Big Bend, WI $91,899 Bristol, WI $90,414 Burlington, WI $90,584 Caledonia, WI $90,923 Camp Lake, WI $90,515

Cudahy, WI $93,292 Darien, WI $90,088 Delavan, WI $90,050 Dousman, WI $91,077 Eagle, WI $90,910 Cobb, WI $89,470 Cottage Grove, WI $91,657 Cross Plains, WI $91,428

Dane, WI $91,422 Darlington, WI $89,420 Deerfield, WI $91,405 De Forest, WI $91,525 Dodgeville, WI $89,871 Edgerton, WI $90,935 Edmund, WI $89,666 Evansville, WI $90,686

Footville, WI $90,119 Fort Atkinson, WI $90,545 Gotham, WI $89,869 Gratiot, WI $89,019 Hanover, WI $90,100 Highland, WI $89,350 Hollandale, WI $90,412 Janesville, WI $90,171

Shawano, WI $88,867 Sherwood, WI $90,075 Shiocton, WI $89,441 Sobieski, WI $88,700 Suamico, WI $88,676 Suring, WI $88,565 Townsend, WI $88,376 Wausaukee, WI $88,323

Wrightstown, WI $89,809 Zachow, WI $88,845 Algoma, WI $88,682 Baileys Harbor, WI $88,438 Brussels, WI $88,672 Casco, WI $88,690 Collins, WI $89,385 Denmark, WI $88,796

Egg Harbor, WI $88,508 Ellison Bay, WI $88,357 Ephraim, WI $88,507 Fish Creek, WI $88,448 Forestville, WI $88,674 Francis Creek, WI $88,898 Kellnersville, WI $88,957 Kewaunee, WI $88,732

Luxemburg, WI $88,692 Manitowoc, WI $89,065 Maplewood, WI $88,658 Maribel, WI $88,901 Mishicot, WI $88,826 New Franken, WI $88,679 Reedsville, WI $89,138 Saint Nazianz, WI $89,313

Sister Bay, WI $88,455 Sturgeon Bay, WI $88,689 Tisch Mills, WI $88,786 Two Rivers, WI $88,819 Valders, WI $89,271 Washington Island, WI $88,306 Whitelaw, WI $88,961 Green Bay, WI $88,666

East Troy, WI $90,910 Elkhorn, WI $90,284 Elm Grove, WI $93,254 Fontana, WI $90,071 Franksville, WI $90,863 Genesee Depot, WI $91,563 Genoa City, WI $90,328 Greendale, WI $93,186

Hales Corners, WI $93,027 Franklin, WI $92,490 Helenville, WI $90,399 Honey Creek, WI $90,625 Kansasville, WI $90,593 Kenosha, WI $90,209 New Berlin, WI $92,736 Lake Geneva, WI $90,022

Lyons, WI $90,506 Mukwonago, WI $91,465 Muskego, WI $92,044 New Munster, WI $90,516 North Prairie, WI $91,415 Fremont, WI $89,516 Rice Lake, WI $88,446 Sarona, WI $88,229

Shell Lake, WI $88,305 Siren, WI $89,198 Solon Springs, WI $88,697 South Range, WI $89,534 Springbrook, WI $88,059 Stone Lake, WI $88,092 Superior, WI $89,629 Trego, WI $88,154

Turtle Lake, WI $90,150 Wascott, WI $88,607 Washburn, WI $88,267 Webster, WI $88,375 Weyerhaeuser, WI $88,231 Winter, WI $87,810 Oshkosh, WI $89,751 Almond, WI $88,781

Appleton, WI $90,271 Bancroft, WI $88,503 Bear Creek, WI $89,298 Berlin, WI $89,359 Big Falls, WI $89,091 Butte Des Morts, WI $89,704 Caroline, WI $88,851 Clintonville, WI $89,080

Coloma, WI $88,547 Dale, WI $89,868 Eldorado, WI $89,538 Embarrass, WI $89,050 Eureka, WI $89,383 Fond Du Lac, WI $89,974 Jefferson, WI $90,469 Juda, WI $89,808

Lake Mills, WI $90,902 Linden, WI $89,573 Livingston, WI $89,113 Lodi, WI $91,130 Lone Rock, WI $89,598 Lowell, WI $90,550 Mc Farland, WI $91,759 Marshall, WI $91,307

Mazomanie, WI $91,093 Merrimac, WI $90,733 Middleton, WI $91,693 Milton, WI $90,210 Mineral Point, WI $89,612 Monroe, WI $89,753 Montfort, WI $89,151 Monticello, WI $90,434

Morrisonville, WI $91,430 Mount Horeb, WI $91,000 Muscoda, WI $89,000 New Glarus, WI $90,804 Oregon, WI $91,606 Orfordville, WI $90,015 Plain, WI $89,870 Prairie Du Sac, WI $90,781

Reeseville, WI $90,733 Rewey, WI $89,214 Richland Center, WI $88,910 Ridgeway, WI $90,516 Sauk City, WI $90,807 Sextonville, WI $89,728 Sharon, WI $90,066 Shullsburg, WI $88,849

South Wayne, WI $89,209 Spring Green, WI $90,217 Stoughton, WI $91,432 Sun Prairie, WI $91,525 Verona, WI $91,499 Waterloo, WI $91,025 Waunakee, WI $91,729 Windsor, WI $91,671

Woodford, WI $89,738 Madison, WI $91,922

Architectural Lighting Designer Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Architectural Lighting Designer roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 45% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit and Construction sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 25% above the average. In contrast, Architectural Lighting Designer positions in Retail & Wholesale or Business Services typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Architectural Lighting Designer as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Architectural Lighting Designer

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit	$114,728	$55.0	25%
Construction	$100,960	$49.0	10%

Architectural Lighting Designer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Architectural Lighting Designer's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$83,802

Average $91,782/year

$100,370

$6,984

Average $7,649/month

$8,364

$1,612

Average $1,765/week

$1,930

$40

Average $44/hour

$48

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$100,370	$8,364	$1,930	$48
Average	$91,782	$7,649	$1,765	$44
25th Percentile	$83,802	$6,984	$1,612	$40

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