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Architecture and Engineering jobs: what they pay

$106,830avg. a year
$51.36 an hour · 2,617,130 employed in the U.S.

National average and median pay for 36 architecture and engineering jobs, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. Open a job to see pay in every state and large metro area.

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Average annual U.S. pay, May 2025

36 architecture and engineering jobs

JobAvg. payMedianJobs
Civil Engineers$108,670$100,840367,840
Industrial Engineers$109,900$102,440365,740
Mechanical Engineers$113,610$104,110296,810
Electrical Engineers$125,100$120,630198,750
Engineers, All Other$125,330$122,930154,070
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$106,260$99,280106,770
Architectural and Civil Drafters$70,740$66,150103,700
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$137,280$130,22096,900
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$80,680$78,19095,130
Computer Hardware Engineers$162,670$161,74076,660
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$70,700$66,12075,570
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians$68,990$64,95068,520
Aerospace Engineers$142,060$134,96067,710
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$80,960$78,35059,930
Surveying and Mapping Technicians$58,000$54,24058,010
Surveyors$80,570$75,44050,830
Mechanical Drafters$75,060$71,55039,960
Environmental Engineers$112,910$107,11038,340
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians$76,380$74,51036,190
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers$116,890$109,37023,480
Materials Engineers$120,250$112,86022,770
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors$119,770$115,16021,450
Chemical Engineers$129,980$125,04021,070
Landscape Architects$88,780$79,87019,600
Petroleum Engineers$157,150$144,91018,060
Electrical and Electronics Drafters$81,280$76,87017,920
Calibration Technologists and Technicians$74,170$67,82016,540
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians$76,420$73,90015,520
Nuclear Engineers$140,420$133,97015,280
Drafters, All Other$68,250$63,52014,470
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists$86,690$81,39014,260
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians$64,870$59,92012,190
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians$91,310$82,89011,280
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects$124,180$112,2308,250
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers$115,410$106,2206,080
Agricultural Engineers$108,230$98,5901,480

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Official government dataEvery number comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey of employers, not self-reported salaries.
Every state and city830 jobs across all 50 states, D.C. and 199 large metro areas.
Updated every yearNew figures each spring when BLS releases them. This site uses May 2025 data.
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Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.