Architectural, engineering & related services

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The top three occupations in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group are Civil engineers, Architects, except landscape and naval, Other managers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers. 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 Centreville (North & West) & Chantilly (South & West) PUMA, VA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Architectural, engineering & related services.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group. Civil engineers are the most common position, but the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Architects, except landscape and naval, compared to other industries.

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

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

4.69%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 1.26M people employed in the Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services industry. This represents a 4.69% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations by Share

1.51M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 1.52M

2.09%

1 Year Growth

± 2.76%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 1.51M people employed in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 2.09%, , from 1.49M people in 2019 to 1.52M people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Architectural, engineering & related services by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Civil engineers represent the largest share of positions held in Architectural, engineering & related services at 15%, followed by Architects, except landscape and naval with 8.14% and Other managers with 5.8%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group, by number of employees, are Civil engineers, Architects, except landscape and naval, Other managers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Architectural, engineering & related services employs an unusually high number of Architects, except landscape and naval, Landscape architects, and Surveying & mapping technicians.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Architectural, engineering & related services, by average wage, are Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Chief executives & legislators, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Average Salary

$86,147

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,359

On average, employees in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group make $86,147 per year. This number makes Architectural, engineering & related services the 28 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

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).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $93,194 and $92,247. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

407k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±15.6k

1.11M

MALE WORKFORCE

±25.8k

73.3% of workers in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$93,194

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,686

$92,247

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,711

On average, Male workers in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group make 1.01 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.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Asian
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

On average, White employees in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group earn 1.02 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Architectural, engineering & related services Industry Group.

Input/Output

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. 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.

Industrial Flow

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

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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.

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

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.

Projections

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 comparible 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.

Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Architectural and engineering services.

22.7%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Architectural and engineering services industry.

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