Architectural, engineering & related services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
1.52M
2020
Average Employee Age
43.6
2020
Estimated Job Growth
0.403%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$86,147
2020
Average Male Salary
$93,194
2020
Average Female Salary
$66,826
2020

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The top three occupations in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group are civil engineers, architects, except landscape and naval, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $90,923. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $38,379.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group are Huntsville (North) & Madison (East) Cities PUMA, AL, Huntsville City (Central & South) PUMA, AL, and East of TX-6 & West of Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804636).

The workforce of Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group in 2020 was 1,521,099 people, with 26.7% woman, and 73.3% men.

In 2020, 80.8% of the workforce in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group was White (1,228,551 people), of which 25.6% were women and 74.4% men.

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A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

The workforce in Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group was 1,521,099 people and is concentrated in California (185,266 workers). The average annual salary was $86,147, being $30,193 more than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

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5.47%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.34M people employed in the Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services industry. This represents a 5.47% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were California (185k), Texas (152k), and Florida (99.1k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $86,147, $30,193 more than the average national salary of $55,954.

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Wage Distribution

0.362
WAGE GINI

Architectural, engineering & related services has a wage GINI of 0.362, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Architectural, engineering & related services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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A review of jobs and wages in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

Civil engineers are the most common position with 228,869 workers, but the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Architects, except landscape and naval and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Architectural, engineering & related services goes to Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were civil engineers (228,869 people), architects, except landscape and naval (123,747 people), and other managers (88,258 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$93,194
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,686
$66,826
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,937

On average, Male workers in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group make 1.39 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

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Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

The Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Architectural, engineering & related services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Architectural, engineering & related services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Architectural, engineering & related services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Information

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. California
    30,094
  2. Texas
    18,422
  3. Florida
    17,266

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Architectural, engineering & related services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Demographic information on the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 26.7% corresponds to women and 73.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $93,194 and $66,826.

81% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

406,530
Women
26.7%
1,114,569
Men
73.3%

The workforce of Architectural, engineering & related services industry in 2020 was 1,521,099 people, with 26.7% woman, and 73.3% men.

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Races

In 2020, 80.8% of the workforce in the Architectural, engineering & related services industry was White (1,228,551 people), of which 25.6% were women and 74.4% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian and Black.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Architectural, engineering & related services workers in 2020 were bachelors degree (663,567 people), graduate degree (355,574 people), and some college (212,449 people).

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timeline-line-chartProjections

Growth projections of the Architectural and engineering services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Architectural and engineering services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.403%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22.7%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Architectural and engineering services.
0.403%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
7.66%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Architectural and engineering services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Architectural and engineering services.
22.7%
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10-year Projection

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