Real salary data

What Architectural and Engineering Managers actually earn in 2026.

The median for Architectural and Engineering Manager is $175,000 across 4476 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Sep 14, 2026.

01 / By source

Real salary bands, by source.

Bands come from 4476 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.

Approximate salary distribution$175,000

Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $145,699–$208,572 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.

Source	Records	25th pct	Median	75th pct
H-1B visa filings	4,476	$145,699	$175,000	$208,572
Job postings	201	$182,800	$199,687	$228,600
Tech job postings	21	$255,500	$280,000	$339,000

H-1B visa filings (DOL) — over-represents visa-eligible roles (typically high-skill, high-wage)
Job postings that disclose salary in the ad text
Tech/startup job postings with published salary bands (Ashby ATS)

Salary data updated Sep 14, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.

02 / By city

What Architectural and Engineering Managers earn, by city.

Real records; cities with at least 10 observations.

City	Records	Range (p25–p75)	Median
Santa Clara, CA	311	$190,490 – $243,256	$218,507
Austin, TX	164	$165,000 – $208,125	$189,150
Hillsboro, OR	148	$146,037 – $182,998	$165,212
Houston, TX	127	$150,036 – $214,542	$179,148
New York, NY	111	$182,800 – $244,002	$207,397
San Jose, CA	107	$193,151 – $239,424	$208,125
Auburn Hills, MI	100	$144,716 – $170,624	$153,336
San Francisco, CA	100	$182,707 – $253,864	$205,307
San Diego, CA	81	$154,400 – $208,395	$181,000
Irvine, CA	76	$165,967 – $203,122	$183,609
Sunnyvale, CA	76	$186,700 – $249,474	$215,748
Cupertino, CA	74	$197,876 – $219,300	$210,900

03 / By state

What Architectural and Engineering Managers earn, by state.

State	Records	Range (p25–p75)	Median
CA	1,452	$178,818 – $236,273	$208,104
TX	543	$149,947 – $205,000	$177,418
MI	456	$135,000 – $172,051	$151,154
OR	189	$146,037 – $182,998	$161,450
NY	180	$166,171 – $228,500	$195,042
WA	156	$183,178 – $224,000	$200,000
MA	135	$149,256 – $195,628	$175,084
NC	116	$133,233 – $182,800	$150,428
AZ	112	$136,909 – $190,000	$160,250
IL	107	$139,110 – $175,000	$161,000
FL	92	$118,227 – $181,522	$149,256
GA	87	$134,205 – $182,768	$152,770

04 / Context

How Architectural and Engineering Managers pay compares with similar roles.

Profession	Risk	Median	Outlook
Computer and Information Research Scientist	High	$179,000	+19.7% (2024–34)
Computer Network Architect	Critical	$134,000	+11.9% (2024–34)
Computer Systems Analyst	Critical	$104,416	+8.7% (2024–34)
Data Analyst	High	$120,000	+33.5% (2024–34)
Data Engineer	High	$136,011	+8.7% (2024–34)

05 / Next step

How to move up the pay band.

The skills below appear most often in higher-paid roles:

06 / FAQ

Salary questions, answered.

01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?

The BLS median covers all Architectural and Engineering Manager in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.

02How often is this data updated?

The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.

Methodology