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Architects

What do they do?

Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.

Education Required

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

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What Does This Job Pay?

Median Annual Salary: $93,310
Median Hourly Salary: $45
$58,870
$93,310
$151,300
One out of ten earn less than $58,870
The median salary is $93,310
One out of ten earn more than $151,300

Top Skills For This Job

  • Basic Skills
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Writing things for co-workers or customers
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Bringing people together to solve differences
  • Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
  • Reading work related information
  • Talking to others
  • Problem Solving
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Writing things for co-workers or customers
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Bringing people together to solve differences
  • Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
  • Reading work related information
  • Talking to others
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • People and Technology Systems
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Writing things for co-workers or customers
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Bringing people together to solve differences
  • Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
  • Reading work related information
  • Talking to others
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
  • Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Will There Be Jobs?

New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

Typical Daily Tasks

  • Develop final construction plans that include aesthetic representations of the structure or details for its construction.
  • Prepare scale drawings or architectural designs, using computer-aided design or other tools.
  • Prepare information regarding design, structure specifications, materials, color, equipment, estimated costs, or construction time.