Architecture & engineering occupations

Broad Occupation

Add Comparison
    2024 Workforce
    3.64M
    Average Age
    42.2
    Average Salary
    $109,924
    Average Male Salary
    $113,231
    Average Female Salary
    $93,903

    About

    Architecture & engineering occupations are most often employed by the Architectural, engineering & related services industry. The average yearly wage for Architecture & engineering occupations was $109,924 in 2024.

    Photo by sswj
    Management, business, science, & arts occupationsComputer, engineering, & science occupations

    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Architecture & engineering occupations workforce. Architecture & engineering occupations workforce in 2024 was 3,637,895 people, of which 17.1% were women and 82.9% were men.

    Architecture & engineering occupations are paid most in Santa Clara County (Southwest)--Cupertino, Saratoga Cities & Los Gatos Town PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Washington County (Central)--Hillsboro City PUMA, OR.

    Employment Over Time

    Metric
    Grouping
    3,015,371
    Male Workforce
    ± 42.2k
    622,524
    Female Workforce
    ± 19.3k

    The Architecture & engineering occupations workforce in 2024 was 3,637,895 people (17.1% women and 82.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 42.2% between 2014 (2,558,372) and 2024 (3,637,895).

    View Data
    Save Image

    Employment by Location

    Level
    Metric

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

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were California ($140,198), District of Columbia ($124,108), and Washington ($120,613).

    View Data
    Save Image

    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $109,924
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #3 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Architecture & engineering occupations earned an average of $109,924, $40,046 more than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Architecture & engineering occupations in relation to all Broad Occupation in 2014.

    View Data
    Save Image

    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.324
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Architecture & engineering occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.324, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Architecture & engineering occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Architecture & engineering occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

    View Data
    Save Image

    Industry

    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 ($302,889).

    Occupations by Industries

    Metric
    Value
    3.64M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 46,275
    3.6%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 1.75%

    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 55.2%, followed by Construction with 16% and Aircraft & parts manufacturing with 15.4%.

    View Data
    Save Image

    Diversity

    Demographic information on Architecture & engineering occupations in the US. The workforce of Architecture & engineering occupations in 2024 was 3,637,895 people, with 17.1% woman, and 82.9% men. The average age of male Architecture & engineering occupations in the workforce is 42.9 and of female Architecture & engineering occupations is 38.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Architecture & engineering occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

    Metric

    The workforce of Architecture & engineering occupations in 2024 was 3,637,895 people, with 17.1% woman, and 82.9% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (520,484 people), 30 to 34 years (502,326  people), and 35 to 39 years (435,602 people). Among them they concentrated 40.1% of the total workforce.

    View Data
    Save Image
    View Data
    Save Image

    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 11.8% of Architecture & engineering occupations workers were Hispanic and 88.2% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (49.9%), Puerto Rican (12.9)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (5.7)%

    You can review this information by gender using the selectors above.

    View Data
    Save Image
    View Data
    Save Image

    Races

    In 2024, 67.4% of the Architecture & engineering occupations workforce were White, of which 15.4% were women and 84.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (13.5%) and Two or More Races (9.29%).

    View Data
    Save Image
    View Data
    Save Image

    Education & 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 2024 were Architecture and Related Services.

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

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
    Type of Majors
    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Architecture & engineering occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Engineering (1,566,855 people), Business (165,132 people), and Architecture and Related Services (146,757 people).

    You can review this information for different academic grades by modifying the option selected in the selector above.

    View Data
    Save Image

    Education Levels

    Metric

    The main educational levels achieved by the Architecture & engineering occupations workers were Bachelors Degree (1,675,771 people), Graduate Degree (898,983 people), and Some college (411,149 people).

    The graphic shows the Architecture & engineering occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

    View Data
    Save Image

    Skills

    Chart
    Value

    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 Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving.

    View Data
    Save Image