• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023

11-9041 Architectural and Engineering Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields. Excludes “Natural Sciences Managers” (11-9121).

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National estimates for Architectural and Engineering Managers
Industry profile for Architectural and Engineering Managers
Geographic profile for Architectural and Engineering Managers

National estimates for Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
207,800	2.1 %	$ 82.83	$ 172,290	0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 51.63	$ 63.89	$ 79.50	$ 97.61	$ 112.31
Annual Wage (2)	$ 107,390	$ 132,890	$ 165,370	$ 203,030	$ 233,590

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Industry profile for Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Architectural and Engineering Managers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Architectural and Engineering Managers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	54,710	3.33	$ 78.68	$ 163,650
Scientific Research and Development Services	12,620	1.37	$ 95.21	$ 198,030
Management of Companies and Enterprises	11,490	0.41	$ 89.82	$ 186,830
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	10,200	2.00	$ 89.71	$ 186,590
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	9,310	2.37	$ 92.69	$ 192,800

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	54,710	3.33	$ 78.68	$ 163,650
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	9,310	2.37	$ 92.69	$ 192,800
Communications Equipment Manufacturing	1,780	2.13	$ 87.19	$ 181,350
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	10,200	2.00	$ 89.71	$ 186,590
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	8,290	1.95	$ 87.97	$ 182,980

Top paying industries for Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers	230	0.10	$ 129.00	$ 268,310
Spectator Sports	70	0.05	$ 124.80	$ 259,590
Oil and Gas Extraction	890	0.82	$ 123.59	$ 257,060
Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media	70	0.64	$ 117.11	$ 243,580
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services	350	0.07	$ 110.47	$ 229,790

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Geographic profile for Architectural and Engineering Managers:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Architectural and Engineering Managers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Architectural and Engineering Managers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Architectural and Engineering Managers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	35,630	1.99	1.45	$ 96.87	$ 201,480
Texas	18,540	1.37	1.00	$ 89.10	$ 185,320
Michigan	13,300	3.06	2.24	$ 75.50	$ 157,050
Pennsylvania	9,500	1.60	1.17	$ 75.97	$ 158,010
Illinois	8,310	1.38	1.01	$ 77.62	$ 161,450

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Architectural and Engineering Managers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Michigan	13,300	3.06	2.24	$ 75.50	$ 157,050
New Hampshire	1,770	2.62	1.91	$ 86.50	$ 179,920
Connecticut	4,140	2.50	1.82	$ 80.39	$ 167,220
Oregon	4,370	2.25	1.64	$ 80.49	$ 167,420
New Mexico	1,790	2.12	1.55	$ 98.01	$ 203,850

Top paying states for Architectural and Engineering Managers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New Mexico	1,790	2.12	1.55	$ 98.01	$ 203,850
California	35,630	1.99	1.45	$ 96.87	$ 201,480
Colorado	4,090	1.44	1.06	$ 90.20	$ 187,620
Rhode Island	310	0.64	0.47	$ 89.53	$ 186,220
Washington	5,560	1.59	1.16	$ 89.43	$ 186,020

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	11,300	1.83	1.33	$ 89.67	$ 186,510
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	8,420	4.43	3.24	$ 77.72	$ 161,650
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	7,390	0.78	0.57	$ 91.33	$ 189,970
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	6,730	2.44	1.78	$ 90.01	$ 187,210
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	6,720	5.88	4.30	$ 117.12	$ 243,600
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	6,240	1.38	1.01	$ 78.08	$ 162,410
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	6,230	2.57	1.88	$ 105.99	$ 220,450
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	5,930	1.50	1.09	$ 92.49	$ 192,370
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	5,760	1.81	1.32	$ 88.70	$ 184,500
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	5,260	1.70	1.24	$ 84.28	$ 175,290

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Architectural and Engineering Managers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	6,720	5.88	4.30	$ 117.12	$ 243,600
Huntsville, AL	1,280	5.08	3.71	$ 78.95	$ 164,210
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	8,420	4.43	3.24	$ 77.72	$ 161,650
Dubuque, IA	260	4.42	3.23	$ 72.28	$ 150,340
Midland, MI	140	3.77	2.75	$ 82.77	$ 172,160
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	860	3.65	2.66	$ 82.80	$ 172,220
Ann Arbor, MI	770	3.59	2.63	$ 82.12	$ 170,810
Corvallis, OR	130	3.39	2.47	$ 77.37	$ 160,930
Cumberland, MD-WV	120	3.30	2.41	$ 66.93	$ 139,220
Boulder, CO	630	3.26	2.38	$ 93.62	$ 194,730