Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
17-1011 Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property. Excludes “Landscape Architects” (17-1012) and “Marine Engineers and Naval Architects” (17-2121).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 105,850 |
1.8 % |
$43.06 |
$89,560 |
0.9 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$23.41 |
$30.10 |
$38.82 |
$50.77 |
$66.16 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$48,700 |
$62,600 |
$80,750 |
$105,600 |
$137,620 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services |
90,840 |
6.06 |
$42.77 |
$88,970 |
| Residential Building Construction |
1,980 |
0.24 |
$41.26 |
$85,820 |
| Specialized Design Services |
1,450 |
1.00 |
$40.51 |
$84,260 |
| Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation) |
1,410 |
0.07 |
$47.17 |
$98,110 |
| Nonresidential Building Construction |
1,240 |
0.15 |
$46.04 |
$95,760 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services |
90,840 |
6.06 |
$42.77 |
$88,970 |
| Specialized Design Services |
1,450 |
1.00 |
$40.51 |
$84,260 |
| Residential Building Construction |
1,980 |
0.24 |
$41.26 |
$85,820 |
| Land Subdivision |
80 |
0.20 |
$49.06 |
$102,040 |
| Nonresidential Building Construction |
1,240 |
0.15 |
$46.04 |
$95,760 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
14,480 |
0.83 |
1.16 |
$47.14 |
$98,050 |
| New York |
11,470 |
1.20 |
1.67 |
$51.40 |
$106,910 |
| Texas |
9,380 |
0.75 |
1.05 |
$45.21 |
$94,030 |
| Illinois |
5,760 |
0.96 |
1.33 |
$40.59 |
$84,430 |
| Florida |
4,230 |
0.48 |
0.67 |
$37.29 |
$77,550 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York |
11,470 |
1.20 |
1.67 |
$51.40 |
$106,910 |
| District of Columbia |
1,760 |
2.44 |
3.38 |
$50.66 |
$105,380 |
| Georgia |
2,640 |
0.59 |
0.82 |
$50.23 |
$104,470 |
| Massachusetts |
3,700 |
1.02 |
1.42 |
$49.19 |
$102,320 |
| Minnesota |
1,660 |
0.58 |
0.80 |
$48.01 |
$99,870 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
11,790 |
1.22 |
1.69 |
$50.80 |
$105,670 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
6,170 |
0.99 |
1.37 |
$43.95 |
$91,420 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
5,350 |
1.14 |
1.59 |
$40.67 |
$84,600 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
4,200 |
1.70 |
2.36 |
$49.77 |
$103,530 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
3,750 |
1.03 |
1.42 |
$44.37 |
$92,290 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
3,630 |
1.14 |
1.58 |
$46.11 |
$95,900 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3,570 |
1.77 |
2.45 |
$40.37 |
$83,960 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
3,370 |
1.20 |
1.67 |
$48.95 |
$101,830 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,630 |
0.91 |
1.27 |
$40.24 |
$83,690 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2,570 |
0.84 |
1.17 |
$50.41 |
$104,860 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Lawrence, KS |
130 |
2.58 |
3.58 |
$33.41 |
$69,490 |
| Missoula, MT |
110 |
1.83 |
2.54 |
$28.14 |
$58,540 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3,570 |
1.77 |
2.45 |
$40.37 |
$83,960 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
4,200 |
1.70 |
2.36 |
$49.77 |
$103,530 |
| Charlottesville, VA |
190 |
1.67 |
2.32 |
$32.49 |
$67,580 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
2,520 |
1.66 |
2.31 |
$35.46 |
$73,750 |
| Boulder, CO |
300 |
1.61 |
2.23 |
$32.59 |
$67,780 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1,870 |
1.55 |
2.15 |
$41.38 |
$86,060 |
| Billings, MT |
130 |
1.50 |
2.08 |
$34.84 |
$72,470 |
| Trenton, NJ |
330 |
1.39 |
1.93 |
$41.34 |
$85,990 |
United States Department of Labor
