Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$96,690

National average

Salary Range

$60,510 – $159,800

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$141,530$29,630$165,850
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$134,200$81,180$220,720
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$125,950$73,740$224,610
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$120,170$73,460$220,510
Waco, TX$119,340$54,980$129,580
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$118,560$75,910$167,750
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$118,410$78,870$178,620
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$114,630$63,420$158,720
District of Columbia$114,480$79,510$164,580
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$113,010$60,610$177,230
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$111,800$78,150$130,350
Ithaca, NY$110,940$73,020$187,020
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$110,500$60,310$132,410
Winchester, VA-WV$109,120$58,250$145,480
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$108,750$70,150$198,350
Glens Falls, NY$108,220$65,400$143,170
Kennewick-Richland, WA$107,660$76,240$155,550
Rapid City, SD$107,240$65,660$160,410
Wyoming$107,040$70,150$201,560
Rhode Island$106,950$62,240$122,540
Anchorage, AK$106,620$77,300$150,450
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$106,480$62,330$134,180
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$106,120$74,540$165,890
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$105,860$76,130$171,760
California$105,840$65,660$181,110
Springfield, IL$105,770$63,920$142,550
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$105,440$61,000$176,400
Alaska$105,340$76,480$141,010
Connecticut$105,200$72,240$155,940
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$105,180$73,050$156,470
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$104,630$70,050$153,810
Killeen-Temple, TX$104,380$54,550N/A
Savannah, GA$104,330$66,260$195,670
Reno, NV$103,770$61,460$158,740
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$103,510$64,100$172,170
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$103,340$99,240$134,190
Stockton-Lodi, CA$102,930$64,560$177,360
South Dakota$102,420$66,720$158,290
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$102,190$61,890$161,740
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$102,070$64,080$207,940
Massachusetts$101,980$76,610$173,060
Worcester, MA$101,980$70,820$152,730
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$101,980$56,770$160,410
Visalia, CA$101,870$61,860$154,340
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$101,750$77,570$173,060
Nevada$101,720$60,860$151,440
Midland, TX$101,190$68,000$134,290
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$101,140$59,400$173,310
New Haven, CT$100,930$64,680$144,630
Georgia$100,870$63,670$204,540
Madison, WI$100,820$62,370$129,110
Boulder, CO$100,580$65,560$156,980
Fresno, CA$100,530$62,680$168,620
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$100,370$60,390$153,850
Hawaii$100,370$64,710$132,480
Modesto, CA$100,180$62,220$156,590
Urban Honolulu, HI$99,890$64,630$131,780
Springfield, MA$99,630$60,230$151,520
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$99,630$60,730$166,750
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$99,560$73,050$125,310
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$99,550$64,210$134,090
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$99,520$58,010$157,600
Huntsville, AL$99,470$62,530$139,800
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$99,410$66,860$158,460
Barnstable Town, MA$99,370$72,610$161,220
Kansas City, MO-KS$99,260$61,400$162,860
Maryland$99,210$61,780$167,340
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$99,020$60,250$224,990
Baton Rouge, LA$98,900$48,850$157,950
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$98,870$61,810$165,660
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$98,630$65,980$166,100
Salinas, CA$98,600$58,070$165,120
New York$98,580$61,810$167,230
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$98,530$55,850N/A
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$98,300$60,860$151,160
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$98,290$57,150$160,910
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$98,200$62,500$154,000
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$98,120$68,140$128,290
New Hampshire$97,990$63,290$121,820
New Jersey$97,980$62,090$162,320
Missouri$97,970$58,070$161,630
Toledo, OH$97,920$58,490$203,550
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$97,860$56,090$161,170
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$97,850$61,190$152,460
Washington$97,800$65,790$128,290
Columbus, OH$97,700$48,270$160,200
St. Louis, MO-IL$97,690$60,500$139,740
Rochester, NY$97,570$66,930$167,860
Delaware$97,570$64,060$126,990
Arizona$97,470$64,130$133,750
Raleigh-Cary, NC$97,450$60,980$153,040
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$97,360$64,710$122,740
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$97,160$58,160$164,450
Virginia$97,140$62,600$157,230
Ohio$97,130$48,470$159,120
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$97,010$54,990$171,710
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$96,930$62,630$140,900
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$96,590$62,110$130,790
Tuscaloosa, AL$96,550$60,050$166,090
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$96,520$57,800$128,880
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$96,300$61,740$132,810
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$96,240$64,300$161,990
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$96,110$63,270$122,560
Bellingham, WA$95,990$72,280$148,330
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$95,990$60,540$126,210
Tucson, AZ$95,790$57,770$109,740
Wausau, WI$95,750$60,340$122,240
Pennsylvania$95,640$56,380$153,800
Mobile, AL$95,640$59,990$135,890
Colorado$95,620$62,760$161,990
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$95,530$61,270$126,230
Columbus, GA-AL$95,530$58,790$163,790
Minnesota$95,380$60,530$138,900
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$95,370$60,750$181,460
Guam$95,220$46,350$109,720
Lexington-Fayette, KY$95,100$57,240$134,410
Omaha, NE-IA$95,010$63,490$170,360
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$94,920$51,290$158,840
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$94,880$65,240$108,730
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$94,850$59,420$153,550
Salisbury, MD$94,650$51,070$148,470
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$94,580$62,610$126,130
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$94,230$59,990$124,760
Rochester, MN$94,180$51,060$123,450
Syracuse, NY$94,180$55,930$139,240
Alabama$94,170$60,380$164,810
Birmingham, AL$94,170$61,370$167,090
Auburn-Opelika, AL$94,120$43,190$130,500
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$93,970$68,010$154,250
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$93,870$66,210$139,140
Jacksonville, FL$93,700$60,930$158,600
Lynchburg, VA$93,500$63,970$161,970
Wisconsin$93,310$60,620$126,520
Kentucky$93,230$59,500$129,440
Columbia, SC$93,070$63,780$158,970
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$92,960$47,200$130,020
Richmond, VA$92,840$60,270$125,460
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$92,840$64,020$138,820
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$92,600$60,140$167,930
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$92,340$59,630$125,520
Reading, PA$92,330$57,450$131,810
Greensboro-High Point, NC$92,300$58,610$118,660
Evansville, IN$92,050$48,660$120,360
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$91,990$58,930$165,230
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$91,700$44,810$105,040
Lancaster, PA$91,690$61,180$130,890
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$91,670$59,310$152,860
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$90,750$50,910$134,430
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$90,730$60,150$120,250
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$90,520$59,830$169,640
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$89,970$46,520$157,730
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$89,930$50,840$133,070
York-Hanover, PA$89,860$60,920$133,870
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$89,850$58,120$160,890
Manchester-Nashua, NH$89,600$65,660$129,640
Peoria, IL$89,490$62,730$125,720
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$89,320$65,360$130,930
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$89,060$59,820$153,320
Winston-Salem, NC$88,820$59,850$135,660
Colorado Springs, CO$88,250$59,640$147,990
North Carolina$87,990$60,750$140,700
Grand Junction, CO$87,850$60,990$112,340
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$87,600$60,990$138,530
Green Bay, WI$87,550$50,590$123,320
Cleveland, OH$87,470$46,680$139,000
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$87,100$58,760$143,840
State College, PA$87,040$49,110$125,240
Iowa$86,990$58,590$168,700
Lawrence, KS$86,800$62,340$172,330
Rockford, IL$86,590$51,740$134,970
West Virginia$86,530$49,200$133,800
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$86,530$63,190$161,300
Nebraska$86,390$50,810$151,710
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$85,810$61,360$140,010
Texas$85,770$58,680$139,140
Appleton, WI$85,710$82,690$118,630
Iowa City, IA$85,700$59,410$152,820
Billings, MT$85,600$57,960$127,420
Tennessee$85,490$60,210$137,190
Dubuque, IA$85,390$59,070$169,360
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$85,250$54,550$136,860
Lubbock, TX$85,200$53,870$147,950
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$84,990$60,210$129,960
Santa Fe, NM$84,950$43,880$189,200
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$84,890$56,260$115,050
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$84,880$60,830$172,130
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$84,810$47,800$152,620
Athens-Clarke County, GA$84,670$63,250$140,380
Arkansas$84,310$61,980$120,370
South Carolina$84,190$61,800$136,380
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$84,140$59,300$121,320
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$84,100$61,980$120,640
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$84,070$58,200$167,800
Gainesville, FL$83,970$58,960$162,910
Salem, OR$83,870$61,550$118,320
Oregon$83,870$60,100$126,230
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$83,800$57,440$138,360
Florida$83,720$59,230$142,750
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$83,720$58,700$124,070
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$83,480$59,430$168,700
Cedar Rapids, IA$83,450$58,590$150,390
Tulsa, OK$83,410$51,880$137,770
Oklahoma$83,270$51,520$137,770
Youngstown-Warren, OH$83,200$55,370$133,320
Amarillo, TX$83,170$54,230$132,460
Boise City, ID$83,090$52,100$144,910
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$82,870$50,890$129,070
Akron, OH$82,860$49,760$155,210
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$82,800$57,100$141,420
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$82,760$53,660$119,020
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$82,710$58,200$159,470
Montana$82,670$42,220$111,460
Bozeman, MT$82,670$42,240$104,130
Kansas$82,660$56,150$129,170
Ann Arbor, MI$82,520$60,360$126,020
Idaho$82,510$51,240$132,300
Mankato, MN$82,510$50,400$132,750
Michigan$82,170$56,010$134,050
Pittsburgh, PA$82,050$58,440$130,370
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$81,960$62,380$114,430
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$81,870$51,090$161,930
Utah$81,710$47,610$144,380
Fort Smith, AR-OK$81,710$64,120$94,010
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$81,660$47,230$152,610
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$81,620$55,910$146,000
Roanoke, VA$81,490$59,760$120,030
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$81,350$46,140$105,040
Vermont$81,340$60,690$125,800
Knoxville, TN$81,210$59,610$136,260
Naples-Marco Island, FL$81,100$59,100$129,810
Ocala, FL$80,930$48,310$135,230
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$80,770$43,990$125,170
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$80,720$59,260$147,540
Jackson, MS$80,670$52,010$161,920
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$80,620$53,130$133,460
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$80,580$55,490$118,470
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$80,380$51,860$134,910
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$80,370$58,720$128,810
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$80,350$55,080$127,250
Asheville, NC$80,300$51,340$128,500
Columbia, MO$80,220$53,790$151,250
Manhattan, KS$80,220$63,620$123,780
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$80,160$51,250$125,120
Portland-South Portland, ME$80,100$50,510$128,500
Oklahoma City, OK$79,780$51,530$135,570
Lincoln, NE$79,750$54,990$134,090
Chattanooga, TN-GA$79,650$59,440$148,670
Maine$79,600$48,410$127,560
Bloomington, IL$79,600$49,190$129,580
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$79,570$49,190$133,730
Charlottesville, VA$79,540$55,040$138,880
Saginaw, MI$79,500$51,660$110,230
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$79,360$59,390$142,340
Illinois$79,320$58,560$128,530
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$79,240$58,840$126,470
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$79,240$55,490$119,370
Las Cruces, NM$79,220$51,120$168,050
Duluth, MN-WI$79,190$49,990$128,790
College Station-Bryan, TX$79,170$53,180$155,740
Mississippi$79,040$48,660$158,690
Indiana$79,000$48,690$129,570
Corpus Christi, TX$78,980$53,270$124,720
Wilmington, NC$78,950$52,640$128,020
Coeur d'Alene, ID$78,860$50,930$127,870
Topeka, KS$78,790$47,590$127,370
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$78,780$49,400$124,090
Wichita, KS$78,770$54,810$125,610
Erie, PA$78,650$57,120$125,290
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$78,610$52,070$98,320
Champaign-Urbana, IL$78,480$60,700$120,440
Grand Forks, ND-MN$78,480$32,760$117,170
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$78,410$58,990$138,020
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$78,380$51,260$125,500
El Paso, TX$78,280$47,430$122,900
Springfield, MO$78,150$46,860$124,170
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$78,120$64,120$158,290
Bend, OR$78,070$56,550$113,840
Flint, MI$78,010$53,480$101,030
Eugene-Springfield, OR$78,000$60,620$108,000
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$77,910$38,200$110,460
North Dakota$77,640$32,930$119,080
Bangor, ME$77,600$47,760$120,460
Montgomery, AL$77,470$45,760$153,370
Louisiana$77,270$48,790$157,950
New Mexico$77,070$41,590$126,320
Canton-Massillon, OH$77,020$46,270$127,700
Missoula, MT$76,970$41,600$105,740
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$76,930$44,130$129,370
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$76,900$54,600$121,220
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$76,760$49,840$117,180
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$76,760$62,650$117,190
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$76,520$43,800$142,620
Tallahassee, FL$76,430$48,530$121,370
Albuquerque, NM$76,430$41,590$123,690
Traverse City, MI$76,360$31,730$116,870
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$76,240$58,310$129,440
Fort Wayne, IN$76,010$46,740$121,690
Laredo, TX$75,830$44,990$119,980
Helena, MT$75,670$47,590$95,550
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$75,660$44,240$143,390
Fargo, ND-MN$75,570$32,900$118,510
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$75,430$47,490$151,160
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$75,350$48,480$124,100
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$75,110$60,570$93,740
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$75,010$60,690$111,920
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$74,710$49,750$119,570
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$73,870$61,510$95,230
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$73,870$36,480$121,290
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$73,750$43,220$135,910
Ogden, UT$73,610$37,780$129,620
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$73,570$49,350$118,220
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$72,680$45,660$120,080
Lafayette, LA$72,460$45,540$145,790
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$71,970$48,810$122,020
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$71,290$49,360$100,910
Monroe, LA$67,300$38,990$95,640
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$67,240$36,990$159,120
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$61,770$37,060$105,110
Medford, OR$61,740$51,090$116,380
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$48,510$37,630$89,160
Puerto Rico$48,510$37,630$89,160
Ponce, PR$46,120$37,300$61,250
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$42,170$42,170$132,050

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Architects, Except Landscape and Naval make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Architects, Except Landscape and Naval is $96,690, with a typical range of $60,510 – $159,800 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Architects, Except Landscape and Naval positions typically start around $60,510 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Architects, Except Landscape and Navals tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.