Hi All, I am not a licensed architect yet (almost there) and this has prevented me from moving up in title in my current firm, and therefore has also impacted my salary. While my responsibilities and abilities have increased, my title has not. My last raise kept pace with inflation only, and so it wasn’t a raise at all. With 10-15 years experience, I currently make in the range of $110-120K at a firm in NYC. Is this a fair salary? Any recommendations for how to approach a raise?

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The range seems fair but I'm not sure if it is a fair price for NYC. Someone with 15 years experience has a lot other financial obligations. Just saying since that's the same rate in cities like Nashville which have FAR less property rates, taxes and cost of living than NYC. I'm not sure your current employer will offer a substantial raise since they have pay brackets and could lead to others asking the same. The best way is to have another offer to either negotiate or just make a move.

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No, that is not comparable. Research your position with experience and licenses, certifications and all that. I assume you are already EIT, LEED, AP BD+C? If not that’s fine too. Your experience is invaluable. Print out all of the salaries you find and find a good range where you would be comfortable. It is 2023 and time for companies to properly compensate instead of squeezing everything out of their valuable employees that make them all their profit.

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I absolutely do not think it’s fair. I have 6.5yrs experience and am applying to jobs requesting 100-110k and being told by recruiters this is reasonable. I am not licensed.

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I think the salary is fair, my friends in similar experience/responsibility (and same/smaller cities) are about the same or less salary, but try this link... You can also use it to facilitate a discussion with your manager/HR:
http://info.aia.org/salary/salary.aspx

These are old numbers late 2020, they are not updating them because they are scared from a wage price spiral

No it's not, you should be in the 130 to 140 range for 15 years, there is a huge shortage of architects in the industry, people with your experience are a struggle for anyone to find.

Thank you all. This has been helpful in my discussions. Will see what results…

It is absolutely not fair. I know a person in NYC - 3-4 years out of college, on track to be licensed this year - 120k salary

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