Management

Architectural & Engineering Managers

SOC 11-9041

Direct teams of engineers and architects through technical projects.

The job

Median pay

$171k

$139k to $213k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+5.5% projected

Openings a year

15k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

6/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

76th pct

More exposed than 76% of occupations · modeled estimate · 57th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

60/100

At a glance

For Architectural & Engineering Managers, the median wage is $171,270, more than double the typical occupation we cover, and 38% above the Management median. For Architectural & Engineering Managers, modeled exposure lands at the 76th percentile, displacement risk high, works-with-AI 6/100, leaning toward displacement. Hiring volume is roughly 14,900 openings a year. Typical entry-level education is a bachelor's degree. BLS projects employment to grow 5.5% from 2025 to 2035, ahead of the typical occupation we cover. Compared with Computer & Information Systems Managers at +16%, projected growth here is +5.5%.

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Writing
Speaking
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	29,630	1.6	1.1×	$210k
Texas	19,030	1.4	0.9×	$171k
Michigan	14,820	3.4	2.4×	$167k
Ohio	9,690	1.7	1.2×	$167k
Pennsylvania	9,640	1.6	1.1×	$165k
Illinois	8,900	1.5	1.0×	$164k
Florida	8,710	0.9	0.6×	$171k
New York	8,250	0.9	0.6×	$176k
Massachusetts	7,690	2.1	1.5×	$201k
North Carolina	6,960	1.4	1.0×	$168k

All 50 states and DC

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Washington	6,060	1.7	1.2×	$190k
Maryland	5,240	1.9	1.3×	$173k
Connecticut	4,970	2.9	2.1×	$175k
Colorado	4,900	1.7	1.2×	$184k
Arizona	4,680	1.4	1.0×	$167k
Indiana	4,610	1.4	1.0×	$156k
Minnesota	4,580	1.6	1.1×	$172k
Wisconsin	4,550	1.5	1.1×	$142k
New Jersey	4,540	1.1	0.8×	$181k
Virginia	4,390	1.1	0.8×	$176k
Alabama	3,790	1.8	1.3×	$162k
Tennessee	3,600	1.1	0.8×	$161k
Georgia	3,590	0.7	0.5×	$161k
South Carolina	3,200	1.4	1.0×	$169k
Oregon	2,483 (estimated)	1.3 (estimated)	0.9× (estimated)	$177k
Utah	2,290	1.3	0.9×	$161k
New Mexico	2,270	2.6	1.8×	$215k
Missouri	2,250	0.8	0.5×	$158k
New Hampshire	2,160	3.2	2.2×	$172k
Oklahoma	2,070	1.2	0.9×	$157k
Kansas	2,010	1.4	1.0×	$160k
Louisiana	1,840	1.0	0.7×	$163k
Kentucky	1,800	0.9	0.6×	$148k
Iowa	1,520	1.0	0.7×	$147k
Nebraska	1,510	1.5	1.0×	$141k
Washington DC	1,290	1.8	1.3×	$185k
Arkansas	1,220	0.9	0.7×	$141k
Hawaii	1,220	1.9	1.4×	$152k
Alaska	900	2.8	1.9×	$164k
Mississippi	860	0.7	0.5×	$143k
Idaho	850	1.0	0.7×	$163k
Maine	820	1.3	0.9×	$146k
Nevada	780	0.5	0.3×	$162k
Delaware	560	1.2	0.8×	$181k
Montana	560	1.1	0.8×	$146k
West Virginia	420	0.6	0.4×	$149k
Rhode Island	370	0.7	0.5×	$176k
Vermont	350	1.2	0.8×	$158k
Wyoming	334 (estimated)	1.2 (estimated)	0.8× (estimated)	$164k
South Dakota	310	0.7	0.5×	$164k
North Dakota	270	0.6	0.4×	$147k

Top metro areas

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA9,570 jobs · $191k median
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI9,260 jobs · $169k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,580 jobs · $184k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH6,690 jobs · $205k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN6,670 jobs · $163k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,970 jobs · $172k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV5,500 jobs · $185k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX5,330 jobs · $172k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.