Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
United States. Estimated employment 106,770, with pages for 4 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 17-1011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$99,280 · 50th
$62,30010th
$77,96025th
$99,28050th
$126,55075th
$161,42090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Architects, Except Landscape and Naval page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $99,710 | 10,240 |
| Albany, NY | $98,350 | 340 |
| Rochester, NY | $95,480 | 230 |
| Buffalo, NY | $95,130 | 330 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 106,770 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 17-1011, Architects, Except Landscape and Naval. Mapped to our taxonomy as architects-except-landscape-and-naval.
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