Highest-paying Cities for Architectural and Engineering Managers

The top 100 highest paying cities for architectural and engineering managers (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 architectural and engineering managers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $218,390, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for architectural and engineering managers. It is followed by Naples-Marco Island, Florida (average annual salary $209,760). 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 architectural and engineering managers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Architectural and Engineering Managers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$218,390	$162,810	6,440
2	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$209,760	$119,260	60
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$208,160	$137,000	6,150
4	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$197,360	$124,390	100
5	Boulder, Colorado	$186,210	$131,040	580
6	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$183,300	$81,280	150
7	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$180,400	$127,930	1,080
8	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$176,130	$108,650	140
9	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$174,250	$126,420	1,840
10	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$173,170	$109,350	310
11	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$173,090	$123,600	250
12	Midland, Texas	$172,440	$109,060	270
13	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$171,530	$108,270	990
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$171,200	$111,740	10,670
15	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$171,070	$125,240	3,950
16	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$171,000	$133,140	320
17	Peoria, Illinois	$170,980	$108,670	550
18	Framingham, Massachusetts	$170,740	$111,890	820
19	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$170,370	$123,930	480
20	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$170,110	$123,420	7,770
21	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$170,000	$96,200	70
22	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$169,760	$95,920	2,590
23	Greeley, Colorado	$169,650	$111,240	60
24	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$169,580	$123,800	280
25	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$169,470	$123,990	6,100
26	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$169,270	$128,330	410
27	Stockton, California	$169,100	$111,500	150
28	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$168,760	$129,800	2,130
29	Tucson, Arizona	$168,500	$121,390	810
30	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$168,060	$94,940	100
31	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$167,960	$129,090	300
32	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$167,720	$108,640	130
33	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$167,530	$124,190	100
34	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$167,400	$103,480	1,150
35	Yuba City, California	$167,350	$98,740	50
36	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$167,020	$131,300	4,180
37	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$166,910	$107,650	550
38	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$166,910	$119,770	780
39	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$166,800	$105,070	2,320
40	Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$166,550	$132,530	180
41	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$166,250	$110,920	720
42	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$166,200	$116,150	140
43	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$165,820	$103,920	320
44	Syracuse, New York	$165,570	$107,370	430
45	Binghamton, New York	$165,470	$109,420	120
46	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$165,350	$100,320	5,380
47	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$165,320	$102,870	6,370
48	Columbus, Indiana	$165,110	$96,220	140
49	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$164,680	$108,260	230
50	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$164,650	$100,450	110
51	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$164,430	$110,360	3,510
52	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$164,410	$93,990	330
53	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$164,380	$125,740	170
54	Cumberland, West Virginia	$164,340	$100,120	80
55	Lafayette, Louisiana	$164,280	$115,480	140
56	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$164,090	$124,650	4,580
57	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$163,790	$134,510	200
58	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$163,590	$105,100	160
59	Napa, California	$163,300	$127,050	60
60	Northwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$163,260	$108,060	70
61	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$163,030	$106,410	360
62	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$163,020	$101,400	60
63	Savannah, Georgia	$163,000	$126,190	170
64	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$162,790	$117,190	270
65	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$162,640	$116,130	420
66	Redding, California	$162,590	$94,010	70
67	Odessa, Texas	$162,490	$81,300	80
68	Camden, New Jersey	$162,390	$114,410	380
69	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$162,130	$97,790	5,510
70	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$162,040	$112,760	4,300
71	South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$161,830	$95,590	40
72	Modesto, California	$161,600	$106,560	140
73	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$161,490	$102,740	990
74	Beckley, West Virginia	$161,180	$86,060	30
75	Midland, Michigan	$160,550	$108,230	110
76	Bellingham, Washington	$160,530	$122,240	60
77	Manchester, New Hampshire	$160,370	$99,350	260
78	Nashua, New Hampshire	$160,030	$108,330	560
79	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$159,900	$104,360	300
80	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$159,880	$110,160	520
81	East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania	$159,630	$130,850	80
82	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$159,240	$126,140	230
83	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$159,120	$103,970	4,030
84	New Haven, Connecticut	$158,760	$101,030	530
85	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$158,660	$104,090	2,850
86	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$158,660	$98,990	2,170
87	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$158,520	$100,630	1,280
88	Huntsville, Alabama	$158,400	$98,390	1,270
89	Corpus Christi, Texas	$158,380	$102,470	200
90	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$157,890	$136,680	80
91	Corvallis, Oregon	$157,750	$104,680	110
92	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$157,560	$104,460	380
93	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$157,320	$97,230	40
94	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$156,860	$106,440	6,330
95	Salinas, California	$156,810	$112,130	80
96	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$156,030	$80,940	1,290
97	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$155,680	$109,330	1,440
98	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$155,670	$104,740	770
99	Lafayette, Indiana	$155,550	$95,260	150
100	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$155,500	$100,000	80

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for architectural and engineering managers.