The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $169,130, California is the highest paying state for architectural and engineering managers. It is followed by New Mexico (average annual salary $166,370). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of architectural and engineering managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $169,130 |
$105,670 | 34,140 |
| 2 | New Mexico | $166,370 |
$103,120 | 1,530 |
| 3 | Colorado | $166,110 |
$117,300 | 3,400 |
| 4 | New Jersey | $160,350 |
$112,960 | 4,160 |
| 5 | Texas | $159,200 |
$96,040 | 14,500 |
| 6 | Rhode Island | $159,020 |
$101,480 | 440 |
| 7 | New York | $155,080 |
$106,520 | 7,060 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $153,290 |
$97,480 | 8,190 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | $152,840 |
$96,580 | 1,550 |
| 10 | Washington | $152,400 |
$107,140 | 4,340 |
| 11 | Delaware | $152,350 |
$112,200 | 420 |
| 12 | Louisiana | $150,180 |
$91,750 | 1,390 |
| 13 | District of Columbia | $148,960 |
$126,060 | 1,370 |
| 14 | Virginia | $148,650 |
$100,350 | 4,110 |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | $145,200 |
$100,350 | 7,070 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $143,390 |
$98,840 | 3,960 |
| 17 | Connecticut | $143,290 |
$87,230 | 3,760 |
| 18 | Maryland | $143,080 |
$92,850 | 5,100 |
| 19 | Idaho | $142,490 |
$84,710 | 1,290 |
| 20 | Georgia | $140,770 |
$92,020 | 4,700 |
| 21 | Arizona | $139,380 |
$87,060 | 3,530 |
| 22 | Alabama | $137,950 |
$84,780 | 2,340 |
| 23 | Missouri | $135,630 |
$86,430 | 2,520 |
| 24 | North Carolina | $135,180 |
$93,800 | 4,620 |
| 25 | West Virginia | $134,040 |
$100,330 | 510 |
| 26 | Illinois | $133,720 |
$91,550 | 8,900 |
| 27 | Oregon | $133,450 |
$89,940 | 3,720 |
| 28 | Hawaii | $133,320 |
$99,400 | 890 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | $133,150 |
$84,950 | 2,390 |
| 30 | Florida | $131,920 |
$80,270 | 7,520 |
| 31 | Alaska | $131,610 |
$88,450 | 540 |
| 32 | Michigan | $130,800 |
$92,300 | 11,410 |
| 33 | Ohio | $130,040 |
$90,750 | 6,100 |
| 34 | Kansas | $129,690 |
$87,680 | 1,550 |
| 35 | Vermont | $128,850 |
$88,960 | 350 |
| 36 | South Carolina | $128,740 |
$82,470 | 2,890 |
| 37 | Wyoming | $127,700 |
$93,560 | 180 |
| 38 | Nevada | $127,570 |
$88,100 | 990 |
| 39 | South Dakota | $126,780 |
$89,740 | 130 |
| 40 | Mississippi | $123,720 |
$82,550 | 920 |
| 41 | Wisconsin | $123,440 |
$88,780 | 3,780 |
| 42 | Utah | $123,160 |
$79,370 | 2,000 |
| 43 | Nebraska | $123,150 |
$83,490 | 720 |
| 44 | North Dakota | $122,440 |
$87,720 | 270 |
| 45 | Maine | $121,870 |
$87,240 | 740 |
| 46 | Tennessee | $121,380 |
$76,890 | 3,080 |
| 47 | Indiana | $120,620 |
$82,890 | 3,980 |
| 48 | Iowa | $120,410 |
$80,800 | 2,360 |
| 49 | Arkansas | $120,320 |
$83,170 | 850 |
| 50 | Kentucky | $115,250 |
$66,770 | 1,710 |
| 51 | Montana | $112,680 |
$86,350 | 270 |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | $101,010 |
$48,210 | 950 |
| 53 | Guam | $95,470 |
$45,670 | 60 |