Architect Lead

An architect is a person who plans, designs and makes sure buildings are built correctly. In the United States, more than 152,775 architects are working. Additionally, those in San Francisco, California, earn the most, with an average salary of $107,962 per year. Also, women in architecture earned 92% of what men earned in 2021. Most architects, about 56% more, work for private companies instead of public ones.

Moreover, from 2015 to 2020, the architecture industry grew by 2.2% each year. However, by January 2019, about 1,743,702 people around the world were working in architecture according to Architect Database. In 2018, around 20% of architects were self-employed, meaning they worked for themselves rather than for a company. Furthermore, as of January 2019, there were about 607,000 architecture-related businesses worldwide. Thus, a 2017 survey of 1,617 architects showed that only 3% worked a total of 35 hours per week. In the United States, about 91% of architecture firms have fewer than 19 employees.