Architects, Except Landscape and Naval

Overview

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval has a national median salary of $99,280 per year, with +4.3% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.

Work Values

• Independence
• Recognition
• Achievement

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Prepare scale drawings or architectural designs, using computer-aided design or other tools.
• Plan or design structures such as residences, office buildings, theatres, factories, or other structural properties in accordance with environmental, safety, or other regulations.
• Meet with clients to review or discuss architectural drawings.
• Prepare contract documents for building contractors.
• Develop final construction plans that include aesthetic representations of the structure or details for its construction.

Work Activities

• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Thinking Creatively
• Working with Computers
• Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
• Getting Information
• Communicating with People Outside the Organization
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Detailed Work Activities

• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
• Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished a master's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Master's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a bachelor's degree.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Architects, Except Landscape and Naval:

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