You can't be at the bottom of the pyramid and expect to be well compensated. Responsibility is not something that is just handed out, you need to take the initiative and go above and beyond what is expected. While this does require 10+ years of experience there are ways to reduce this number by working through school to compress the post-graduation years required.Īs the saying goes, "don't ask permission just ask for forgiveness". Keep in mind this is the average, so while some made less, others made more. Save this picture! Courtesy of The Architect's Guide In New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) the mean salary is $104,600.
Ten or more years of experience, licensed architect who plans and develops medium- to large-scope projects with many complexities, executes and coordinates projects, and may oversee a large staff of architects and technicians. Looking at the data from the AIA Salary Calculator: The top 10% makes almost 3x the bottom 10%! It pays to be the best. News article on Architect Salaries, "the best-paid 10 percent in the profession made approximately $121,910, while the bottom 10 percent made about $44,940." In other words, "what do you do better than anyone else?" This can be as broad as expertise in a certain building typology or as specific as airport BIM Management (who, by the way, can make substantial incomes). Without a doubt specialization is key to a high salary in architecture. Here is a link to Mark's excellent interview, I highly recommend watching. You will be seen as the leader and your colleagues will eventually want to work for you. If you can reduce other people’s stress, those people will gravitate towards you. When you are at work, reduce the stress of your colleges and supervisors. In a recent interview with Mark Cuban, he stated one of the keys to success is to "reduce the stress of your co-workers". If you are looking for a new position, start by checking out the 7 Reasons Why Your Architecture Job Application Is Being Ignored. However, making calculated, strategic moves can greatly boost your base salary. Often it can be difficult to get substantial raises from your current employer, beyond the standard 3% - 5% cost of living increases. Based on an average "Unlicensed Architecture / Design Staff 1" salary of $58,200, this translates to an annual increase of $5,800 to $11,600! The average salary increase an employee receives when starting a new job is between 10% and 20%. The book The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy explains this process beautifully. Focus on one topic per day and try to tweak one aspect of your work day or routine to improve one of these skills. These typically take longer to perfect so you need to start now. However it is just as important to develop your "soft skills." What can you do today that will make you more valuable tomorrow? Increasing your "hard skills" is a relatively easy first step to implement. If you are doing the same thing everyday and expecting a higher salary it is unlikely to happen. The same is true for your architecture career. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The sooner you can master the following points the better positioned you will be in the future to command a higher salary than your less capable peers. The architecture profession is a relatively slow accumulation of experience and qualifications. By the time you are twenty years into your career and earning half of what you should be it is often too late to make up the difference. However, now is the time to focus on developing the points below. If you are just beginning your architecture career it is unlikely you will be able to earn $100,000+ per year today. However this can be a route to a high income-potentially very high. I won't cover running your own office for this post. Just a quick note, I will be discussing how you can earn a large salary through an employer. While earning six figures doesn't mean what it used to, it is still a very admirable (and achievable) goal. So how do you go about reaching this significant architecture salary milestone? Let's discuss. However, for this article I want to highlight the areas that will produce the best return on your investment of time and money. Previously, in 5 Factors Affecting Your Architecture Salary, I covered several variables that contribute to your income. Perhaps one of the most talked about and passionately debated topics in the design community. I receive more emails on this subject than almost anything else.
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