Architecture & engineering occupations

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2021 Workforce
3.19M
Average Age
42.7
Average Salary
$96,574
Average Male Salary
$99,498
Average Female Salary
$81,567

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Architecture & engineering occupations are most often employed by the Architectural, engineering & related services industry. The average yearly wage for Architecture & engineering occupations was $96,574 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Architecture & engineering occupations are San Jose (Northwest) & Santa Clara Cities PUMA, CA, Troy & Rochester Area PUMA, MI, and Sunnyvale & San Jose (North) Cities PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Architecture & engineering occupations are Hillsboro City PUMA, OR, Cupertino, Saratoga Cities & Los Gatos Town PUMA, CA, and Milpitas & San Jose (Northeast) Cities PUMA, CA.

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Employment and salary information for the Architecture & engineering occupations workforce. Architecture & engineering occupations workforce in 2021 was 3,192,214 people, of which 16.3% were women and 83.7% were men. Architecture & engineering occupations are paid most in Edinburg City PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Hillsboro City PUMA, OR.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
2,671,691
Male Workforce
± 39.8k
520,523
Female Workforce
± 17.7k

The Architecture & engineering occupations workforce in 2021 was 3,192,214 people (16.3% women and 83.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 25.4% between 2014 (2,545,671) and 2021 (3,192,214).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Architecture & engineering occupations.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were California ($119,498), District of Columbia ($112,474), and Texas ($104,315).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$96,574
AVERAGE WAGE
#4 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Architecture & engineering occupations earned an average of $96,574, $36,979 more than the average national salary of $59,596

The graph shows the ranking of Architecture & engineering occupations in relation to all Broad Occupation in 2021.

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.32
WAGE GINI

In 2021, Architecture & engineering occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.32, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Architecture & engineering occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Architecture & engineering occupations and on wages for those in the field. Architectural, engineering & related services is the industry that employs the most Architecture & engineering occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Architecture & engineering occupations, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals ($241,106).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
3.19M
2021 Workforce
± 43,396
5.46%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.85%

This graphic shows the share of Architecture & engineering occupations employed by various industries. Architectural, engineering & related services employs the largest share of Architecture & engineering occupations at 66.6%, followed by Construction with 17.1% and Aircraft & parts manufacturing with 16.4%.

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Demographic information on Architecture & engineering occupations in the US. The workforce of Architecture & engineering occupations in 2021 was 3,192,214 people, with 16.3% woman, and 83.7% men. The average age of male Architecture & engineering occupations in the workforce is 43.4 and of female Architecture & engineering occupations is 39.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Architecture & engineering occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Architecture & engineering occupations in 2021 was 3,192,214 people, with 16.3% woman, and 83.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (436,131 people), 30 to 34 years (412,112  people), and 35 to 39 years (373,388 people). Among them they concentrated 38.3% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2021, 10.1% of Architecture & engineering occupations workers were Hispanic and 89.9% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (76.9%), Puerto Rican (14.9)%, and Cuban (8.16)%

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Races

In 2021, 73.5% of the Architecture & engineering occupations workforce were White, of which 14.7% were women and 85.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (12.9%) and Black (5.42%).

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learningEducation & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Architecture & engineering occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Architecture & engineering occupations is Engineering but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Architecture and Related Services.

Among the necessary skills for Architecture & engineering occupations, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Architecture & engineering occupations need more than the average amount of Science.

Majors

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Architecture & engineering occupations in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Engineering (1,372,484 people), Business (138,842 people), and Architecture and Related Services (132,870 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Architecture & engineering occupations workers were Bachelors Degree (1,442,425 people), Graduate Degree (776,842 people), and Some college (390,195 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Architecture & engineering occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Architecture & engineering occupations need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening.

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