This page contains key outcome data for the Architectural Engineering Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $68,000 (Rank: 25 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $45,000
- Unemployment Rate: 5.50% (Rank: 149 of 171)
- Percent Female: 30.2%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 19.0%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 2.2%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 2.6%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 144 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): NA
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Civil Engineers: 19.71% (Average Income: $68,000)
- Mechanical Engineers: 7.20% (Average Income: $87,000)
- Constructions Managers: 5.80% (Average Income: $88,000)
- Drafters: 4.85% (Average Income: $61,000)
- Designers: 4.54% (Average Income: $83,000)
- Engineers, : 4.27% (Average Income: $71,000)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineers: 3.24% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software: 2.75% (Average Income: $213,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 2.73% (Average Income: $78,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 2.65% (Average Income: $20,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 2.50%
- Architects, Except Naval: 2.44% (Average Income: $54,000)
- Cost Estimators: 2.05% (Average Income: $69,000)
- Industrial Engineers, including Health and Safety: 1.91% (Average Income: $67,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 1.90% (Average Income: $9,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers: 1.84% (Average Income: $92,000)
- Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters: 1.75% (Average Income: $86,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 1.67% (Average Income: $123,000)
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 1.42% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Etchers, Engravers, and Lithographers: 1.30% (Average Income: $17,000)
- Construction Laborers: 1.25% (Average Income: $30,000)
- Painting Workers and Dyers: 1.03% (Average Income: $48,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.00% (Average Income: $17,000)
- Firefighters: 0.98% (Average Income: $49,000)
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks: 0.94% (Average Income: $75,000)
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