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Posted: Mon Aug 29th, 2005 09:58 pm |
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| I currently make 55k plus bene's at my current Office. I graduated in 2001 with a B.S. degree. I started in NYC day after graduation at 50k and bene's left after a year cause boss was a creep and went upstate and took a hit to 32k and bene's. I was there for 2.5 years left. It took me a long time to get back there but I did it. I also had 5 years of work exp. at the time of my first real job ( engineer's-arch's office drafting) I went to school at night and I am on track to take the exam in april 2006
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Posted: Tue Aug 30th, 2005 01:41 am |
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2000: Bachelor's of Architecture
2000 (NYC): 32,500/year at a small
2001 (NYC): 35,000/year at a large firm
2002 (NYC): 40,000/year at a large firm
2003 (NYC): 42,000/year at a small firm
2004 (midwest): 46,000/year at a large firm
2005 (midwest): 46,000/year at a large firm (hopefully more)
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Posted: Mon Sep 5th, 2005 07:10 pm |
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Ok here goes:
Oct. 1998 - Oct. 1999 Company #1 (CAD Monkey)
Salary: $13520 (while attending local college)
No Benefits.
Oct. 1999 - Feb. 2004 Company #2 (CAD Monkey)
Starting Salary: $16640
Ending Salary: $26500
Medical & Dental paid by employer.
Feb. 2004 - May 2004 Company #3 (CAD Monkey)
Salary: $35360
No Benefits.
May 2004 - Present Company #4 (Project Manager)
Starting Salary: $35360 (40 hours per week)
Current Salary: $49302 (Average OT figured in)
Medical paid by employer. 401K.
No degree or anything like that. At least not yet LOL.
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Posted: Mon Sep 5th, 2005 07:12 pm |
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CAD Monkey wrote:
Ok here goes:
Oct. 1998 - Oct. 1999 Company #1 (CAD Monkey)
Salary: $13520 (while attending local college)
No Benefits.
Oct. 1999 - Feb. 2004 Company #2 (CAD Monkey)
Starting Salary: $16640
Ending Salary: $26500
Medical & Dental paid by employer.
Feb. 2004 - May 2004 Company #3 (CAD Monkey)
Salary: $35360
No Benefits.
May 2004 - Present Company #4 (Project Manager)
Starting Salary: $35360 (40 hours per week)
Current Salary: $49302 (Average OT figured in)
Medical paid by employer. 401K.
No degree or anything like that. At least not yet LOL.
Also I am located in California with 7 years experience. and not licensed.
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Posted: Mon Sep 5th, 2005 08:45 pm |
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I'm now 5+ years at the same firm as a non-licensed (though getting there!) designer in Washington DC. I started in 2000 at $33,000 per year plus benefits and bonuses. I'm at $52,000 per year now, plus benefits and bonuses.
Our benefits have been pretty standard over the years, and include insurance (firm pays 75% of medical, dental, and optical), life insurance, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid holidays (8), and up to 3 days (or 24 hours) paid out-of-office time to take professional exams. No compensation for exams though. My office has also paid for me to take "continuing education" time and trips to conferences and seminars.
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Posted: Wed Sep 7th, 2005 02:16 am |
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| Salary survey from AIA Attachment: salary.jpg (Downloaded 619 times)
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Posted: Thu Sep 8th, 2005 12:07 am |
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1st Job-92, Draftsman w/Assoc. Degree Arch. Tech. 7.50hr Penns.
2nd Job-93, Cad Temp- $17.00 - N. Calif
3rd-15th Job, 94 thru 2001 - $20.00 to $50.00, N. Calif (40 to 50hr during dot com boom) Got a 20k sign-on bonus once too. (bought a small sailboat with it).
Went to a bunch of places for 3-6 month gigs. Consulted at home for a while too. Large corporate pays the best but the corporate thing wears me out. THe fake smiles piss me off too!
16th Job-2002 to 2004- Job Captain (big projects) 43k yr. salary- Florida
17th Job - Present- Project architect (under firm blanket of course),(mixed use), back in N. Calif. - 45hr as an indy contractor.
That's 86k before taxes and no bennies or job security. Like 56k take home. When I finish the exam I wanna bill out alot more. We're on our own out here so get used to it.
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Posted: Thu Sep 8th, 2005 04:15 am |
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A Chinese architectural designing company located in Xiamen, a south-eastern city in China, we're looking for American architects that are interested in opportunities in China and would come into this booming market.
> You could work here as a full-time employee and get a remuneration equivalent to the current level in U.S. , whereas on the living expenses far less than its U.S. counterparts.
> You could join us a partner in desining projects and hence share the benefits.
> You could lead a designing team (organized with our help on your demand), using the liscences we've got here, and submit a certain level of annual fees to the company.
> You could also come up with other options or further alternative details to us, so that we could sit down together to work on a final cooperation/employment agreement/contrat.
..on condition that you'll take the challenge to try a new way of life here.  For more info, please contact us at hr(AT)arc-xm.com. I am on MSN at overseashost(AT)hotmail.com usually from EST 7:30PM - 4:30AM.
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Posted: Sat Sep 17th, 2005 03:19 pm |
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| WALTER THIS ARCH FORUM NOT CAREER BUILDER OR MONSTER YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE
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Posted: Mon Sep 19th, 2005 04:09 pm |
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Information for Architect in Miami:
# employeesof company: 45+/- (mid size company),
Salary: 42K as Intern Architect, no bonuses (and lots of extra hours and weekends) (not licensed nor registered), almost 2 years in the company,
Excellent Health Insurance, no dental, 401k and 4 days vacation, no days off/or preparation for ARE.
Working on getting evaluation for credits EESA, and also about to submitt IDP training info,
Tons of experience here and abroad but I learnt that it only counts the 6 years of experience that I have in the States, if it was under registered architects.
This coming week I'll be discussing a salary raise. I believe I deserve more and the impression I have is people under the same circumstances are getting at least 45K to 50K. At least that's what salary.com says. Crossing fingers to see what I'm going to be able to negotiate... I need the money!!!! Gas prices and general expenses are killing me!!!
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Posted: Wed Sep 28th, 2005 07:53 pm |
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I'm with Transpace. Walter why are you posting this garbage here? There is an employment thread elsewhere on this forum.
Walter, do you know what would be a little more useful? How about posting your salary and appropriate info. on this thread so that others can decide if they want to work with your Chinese company or not. You left this bit of information out of your ad for employment which is strange since this thread is based on salary.
I wonder why?
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Graduated December 97 with a 4 year B of Arts in Architecture
Started internship Summer 98 at $22k/year
Summer 99 $28k/year
Complained and moaned at newbie making more than me in 99 (I bet principals wished employees would keep their mouth shut) and got bumped to $38k/year. But in my defense, I had been working for peanuts for over two years, worked on average 50 hours per week, was very motivated, etc.
By end of 3rd year I was very frustrated that I was not being given opportunities above the intern glass ceiling. so I...............
Spring boarded to the next job where they asked how much I wanted as a Project Manager. I said $45k/year. Thinking I was so smart. I was well worth that to them because they need PM experience. I probaly could have asked for more.
Then, 3 years ago I got the opportunity to work from home on projects for a developer/contractor through an 'other other than architecture' company. I took a lateral financial move because I didn't have to be under the thumb of anyone and it was worth it.
Now, I am at about $53k/year.
I will get a jumg to $60k/year right when I am licensed. After that the company that got me started is sending me off on my own. They will just own a percentage of the new "design" company. I hope to be topping $90k/year within 5 years.
I have found that Architects will not sit at their desks and dream up ways to make the interns happy. If you really work hard and deserve more, you really have to ask for it. If they see a strong, demanding person yet deserving person saying what they want, they feel you have made the passage into their world. If they don't, they are either out of touch with what you bring to the company, or are just greedy.
If either of those are the case, time to spring board. Sometimes I think if they hire you with little to no experience, it is hard for them to see you any other way. No matter how much time you have put in at that company.
But before you go there, make sure you are consistently the go to person. You stay late when you need to get something out. You don't argue when they tell you a better way to do it. You go into every new situation as a learning experience- you must be eager!
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Posted: Sun Oct 9th, 2005 04:25 pm |
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| Good Post Jen-in-Texas! Inspiring!
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Posted: Thu Oct 13th, 2005 02:47 pm |
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DAMN......SEEMS LIKE A LOONG WAY UP....ME:
STARTED WORKING IN SUMMER 99' WITH BACHELOR IN DESIGN: $5.50
FROM 99'-01' MOVED UP TO $8.50
GOT MY MASTERS IN ARCHITECTURE: STARTED OFF WITH $10.00
NOW....I HAVE 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE....AND STILL.........$11.00!!!!!!
SUCKS, SUCKS, SUCKS........
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Posted: Tue Oct 18th, 2005 01:01 pm |
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$67,600 (no raises since 3 years ago)
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Posted: Mon Oct 24th, 2005 08:02 pm |
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| Great posts and very helpful!
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Posted: Tue Oct 25th, 2005 06:28 pm |
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| Oops, need to post anonymously. Will do. Last edited on Tue Oct 25th, 2005 06:42 pm by gr8danesara
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Posted: Fri Nov 4th, 2005 05:57 pm |
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Job 1: Summers during B Arch $12/hr plus overtime, bonuses, gifts (not for an architect, still in building industry)
Job 2: After grad from B Arch (2001) 28k/yr plus overtime, medical, retirement plan. Approx. 10% raises yearly, except one, for next 3 years. Quit at $36k. Once got a $25 bonus for Christmas. YEAH! No perks (no IDP help, ARE help, AIAS dues, con-ed)
At time of leaving: had 90%+ billable hours (got reprimanded once cause I had 2 hours in a week not billed to a client), was being being billed out at $80-90/hr and getting paid about $17.4/hr (multipier of 4.6-5.2) and we got monthly lectures about how the firm was in the red, and maybe employees shouldn't take vacation or sick time because it costs the company money. Architecture must be tough biz! Medical benefits were poor, paid $60/mo with $1000 deductible that didn't cover many things like prescriptions. Retirement plan was catered to those about to retire - limited fund selection, no growth funds for young peope etc. It was a place that considered it an honor to work for them, I told them to guess again.
Currently unemployed, by choice, doing some freelance to stay afloat.
Will be getting a job shortly, although I think I would be laughed at if I asked what the salary polls at Monster and Salary.com suggest. I will try though, as it is a good market, many hiring, and I will post back what happens.
I find it disturbing that the best way to move up in the field is to job hop. I worked in a small city where there weren't too many arch opportunties, so not a lot of opportunity to jump around and show your worth. So I moved to a bigger city to take my career and salary to the level it should be. So much for loyalty, it would have held me back.
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Posted: Fri Nov 4th, 2005 11:48 pm |
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Salary Info.
FYI - Background in Construction (this helps it seems...if you can't get a job at a firm, go work for a contractor and learn the other side of the fence.)
'99 - '00 Minneapolis - cad monkey $12/hr (small firm)
'01 Chicago - Arch Intern (cad monkey) $10/hr (med. firm)
'02 Des Moines, IA - Arch Intern (nice design firm - let me design) $10/hr (small firm)
'03 Ames, IA (Go ISU) Pre-graduation $10/hr (small firm)
'04 Ames, IA (same firm) Graduated 5 yr B-Arch - Upgraded to Salary - 34k/yr + 401k + partial medical ins.
'05 Ames, IA (same firm) Increase to 39k + 401k + partial medical
Fall '05 (August) Scottsdale, AZ - Hired on (AT) 37k + Full benefit, Promised raise immediately, still waiting on raise...need money to live here. (med-large firm)
Tomorrow, interviewing again, getting sick of waiting for imaginary raise.  Only a few IDP hours left until testing. 
Hope this helps someone out there. Guess I should have stayed in engineering if I wanted to make money...but this is way more fun. 
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Posted: Mon Nov 14th, 2005 11:53 pm |
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Wow...I'm glad I read this topic. I though I was under paid until I read this.
$62K per year
$2-5K per year bonus
ESOP company
Medical and 401K
Office multiplier is 3
No licensed but almost there.
central NJ
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Posted: Tue Nov 29th, 2005 07:00 pm |
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I'm working in southeast 45K per yr.
1 exam left until I'm licensed. I will be looking for another job once I'm licensed since I have heard that the trend is that you get a sizable pay increase when you move on to another firm.
If your current employer isn't willing to share the pie, move on to greener pastures. It is not uncommon for architecture firms to seek out licensed architects at your current office in order to offer you more money to work with them.
Good luck to all of you demanding more compensation for your time.
We all deserve more money for the extended overtime we work every week.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30th, 2005 07:07 pm |
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guest-O wrote:
Will be getting a job shortly, although I think I would be laughed at if I asked what the salary polls at Monster and Salary.com suggest. I will try though, as it is a good market, many hiring, and I will post back what happens.
Update: I asked for a salary right above the median salary as provided by salary.com. I got it (!) and potential bonuses of 5-6k annually on top of that. This puts me a full 1/3 over what I left my last job at. Plus the office environment is 10 times better, as is the design quality, projects, etc.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30th, 2005 07:30 pm |
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guest-O wrote: guest-O wrote:
Will be getting a job shortly, although I think I would be laughed at if I asked what the salary polls at Monster and Salary.com suggest. I will try though, as it is a good market, many hiring, and I will post back what happens.
Update: I asked for a salary right above the median salary as provided by salary.com. I got it (!) and potential bonuses of 5-6k annually on top of that. This puts me a full 1/3 over what I left my last job at. Plus the office environment is 10 times better, as is the design quality, projects, etc.
Congratulations.
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Posted: Thu Dec 1st, 2005 12:07 pm |
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Another post from NC.
2000-28k
2001-29k
2002-29k (part-time)
2003-29k (part-time)
2004 - 41k
2005- 42k
That is not good folks! I have a 5 y degree (2000) and a masters degree in Architecture.
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Posted: Fri Dec 2nd, 2005 01:33 pm |
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Graduated in 1999
1st job $28k
2nd job $40k
finished IDP 2003
3rd job $48k
4th job $60k
quit and finished the ARE 2005
started own company and made $45k this year really only working half year
I have jobs lined up to make $100k plus next year. Lets just hope that "W" does not do more stupid stuff and screw up the economy
Good luck to all
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Posted: Fri Dec 2nd, 2005 02:35 pm |
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DoDco wrote: Graduated in 1999
1st job $28k
2nd job $40k
finished IDP 2003
3rd job $48k
4th job $60k
quit and finished the ARE 2005
started own company and made $45k this year really only working half year
I have jobs lined up to make $100k plus next year. Lets just hope that "W" does not do more stupid stuff and screw up the economy
Good luck to all
Like I said: my situation is not good
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Posted: Fri Dec 2nd, 2005 02:53 pm |
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| gaudi......with all do respect.....your situation is not that bad.......i don't make half of what you are making!!!.......same degree though.....
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Posted: Fri Dec 2nd, 2005 03:15 pm |
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| Hmm, I guess the range is terrible wide...it is probably also LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
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Posted: Fri Dec 2nd, 2005 07:29 pm |
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Gaudi wrote: Hmm, I guess the range is terrible wide...it is probably also LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
What is your location?
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Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 10:20 pm |
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97 - BArch
97-2000 = 21 hr (Construction Company)
2000-2003= from 16 hr to 23 hr (Architecture Firm)
2003-2005= from 24 hr to 30 hr (AE Firm)
2005-present = 38 hr (Real Estate Developer)
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Posted: Wed Dec 7th, 2005 08:20 pm |
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| Just curious, why does everyone work for these low paying companies if you have a license? Why not just do independent work? I still cant believe architects make 40k a year until I saw the monster salary survey.
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