Highest-paying Cities for Architects (Except Landscape and Naval)

The top 100 highest paying cities for architects (except landscape and naval) (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of architects (except landscape and naval) in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $119,790, Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for architects (except landscape and naval). It is followed by Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire (average annual salary $108,670). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of architects (except landscape and naval) in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Architects (Except Landscape and Naval)

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$119,790	$73,590	30
2	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$108,670	$82,620	50
3	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$108,130	$52,730	440
4	Ithaca, New York	$106,570	$73,900	100
5	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$104,520	$58,590	80
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$103,230	$73,810	720
7	Anchorage, Alaska	$103,230	$77,640	80
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$102,700	$62,990	300
9	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$102,690	$62,940	3,580
10	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$101,050	$51,480	40
11	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$100,690	$49,560	430
12	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$100,470	$62,080	770
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$100,470	$76,720	4,550
14	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$100,150	$72,760	60
15	Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama	$100,140	$51,930	40
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$99,990	$60,500	410
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$98,780	$61,240	3,460
18	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$98,660	$50,820	30
19	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$98,480	$63,310	10,040
20	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$97,650	$62,110	30
21	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$97,540	$61,400	880
22	Modesto, California	$97,230	$61,110	50
23	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$97,100	$62,650	260
24	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$96,660	$59,790	170
25	Holland-Grand Haven, Michigan	$96,420	$27,850	30
26	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$96,280	$49,500	60
27	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$96,240	$60,610	470
28	Huntsville, Alabama	$96,020	$62,410	150
29	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$96,000	$60,520	120
30	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$95,940	$49,430	2,980
31	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$95,790	$62,370	160
32	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$95,440	$61,960	540
33	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$95,050	$75,840	80
34	Chico, California	$95,040	$85,520	n/a
35	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$94,920	$62,380	1,370
36	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$94,710	$47,250	7,670
37	Savannah, Georgia	$94,370	$57,730	100
38	Syracuse, New York	$94,320	$59,980	180
39	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$94,320	$57,570	30
40	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$94,230	$60,150	30
41	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$93,550	$51,900	130
42	Springfield, Illinois	$93,410	$58,490	50
43	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$93,280	$62,470	230
44	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$92,810	$64,730	3,110
45	Napa, California	$92,220	$75,910	40
46	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$92,170	$56,720	30
47	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$91,420	$57,770	100
48	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$90,770	$57,300	2,030
49	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$90,690	$54,900	430
50	Worcester, Massachusetts	$90,560	$58,200	70
51	Jacksonville, Florida	$90,500	$50,510	360
52	Lawrence, Kansas	$90,460	$60,660	60
53	Alexandria, Louisiana	$90,260	$44,970	30
54	Mobile, Alabama	$89,940	$60,870	70
55	Winchester, West Virginia	$89,810	$57,150	40
56	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$89,630	$66,480	40
57	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$89,540	$45,920	220
58	Rapid City, South Dakota	$89,530	$54,460	30
59	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$89,310	$22,250	40
60	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$89,250	$46,960	30
61	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$88,560	$48,340	30
62	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$88,480	$63,740	2,520
63	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$88,350	$18,530	50
64	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$88,330	$56,700	970
65	Rochester, New York	$87,910	$59,530	310
66	Visalia-Porterville, California	$87,780	$57,840	40
67	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$87,230	$65,270	130
68	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$87,070	$51,750	2,060
69	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$86,640	$61,020	50
70	Olympia, Washington	$86,470	$50,850	70
71	Salinas, California	$86,420	$62,420	70
72	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$86,390	$54,260	4,290
73	Dayton, Ohio	$86,070	$58,010	150
74	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$85,670	$47,020	40
75	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$85,630	$57,720	50
76	Wilmington, New Jersey	$85,630	$62,990	110
77	Stockton, California	$85,350	$60,840	50
78	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$85,220	$59,920	160
79	Springfield, Massachusetts	$84,880	$57,660	100
80	Lynchburg, Virginia	$84,800	$54,640	40
81	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$84,710	$48,890	2,280
82	Manchester, New Hampshire	$84,690	$55,390	80
83	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$84,640	$52,440	80
84	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$84,150	$51,530	500
85	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$84,080	$53,400	420
86	Gary, Indiana	$84,020	$56,360	30
87	Akron, Ohio	$83,540	$58,190	160
88	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$83,530	$60,420	2,860
89	Medford, Oregon	$83,500	$44,370	50
90	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$83,460	$61,290	330
91	Bloomington, Indiana	$83,320	$47,440	40
92	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$83,280	$54,190	530
93	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$83,020	$53,370	3,420
94	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$83,010	$54,160	4,250
95	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$82,910	$52,000	40
96	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$82,890	$59,060	4,530
97	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$82,720	$57,600	1,620
98	Richmond, Virginia	$82,670	$55,250	410
99	Boulder, Colorado	$82,630	$42,830	360
100	Duluth, Wisconsin	$82,610	$61,010	130

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for architects (except landscape and naval).