Side-by-side distribution
Architect
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 26.8%
- Live roles
- 10,547
Surveyor
$82,208
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 46.7%
- Live roles
- 1,215
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Technical Architect, Product Management (AWS/Azure)
3P Systems Architect
Director, Solution Architect, AI-Native Engineering
Interconnect and Compute Architect
Datacenter Liquid Cooling Architect
Performance Architect, CPU Cluster
Performance Modeling Architect
Field Executive Architect
Lead Architect, Top Strategic Accounts
Hardware Systems Architect
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Senior Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor
Professional Land Surveyor / City Surveyor
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Sr. Surveyor
Senior Professional Surveyor (PLS)
Survey Manager/ Senior Surveyor
Professional Land Surveyor (Remote)
Licensed Surveyor
Professional Land Surveyor Fayetteville, AR
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$162,000 | 102 |
Accenture
|
$180,350 | 86 |
Databricks
|
$213,750 | 74 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$169,700 | 57 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$165,275 | 54 |
|
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
|
$244,500 | 53 |
McKesson
|
$142,450 | 44 |
GDIT
|
$195,000 | 43 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing
|
$82,500 | 490 |
| SO State of North Carolina | $82,208 | 8 |
|
BKF
|
$117,500 | 5 |
|
Woolpert
|
$72,300 | 5 |
Rentokil Initial Group
|
$36,242 | 5 |
| VE Verdantas | $104,080 | 4 |
|
Apex Companies
|
$132,500 | 3 |
Atwell, LLC
|
$87,360 | 3 |
Architect salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $201,125 | 238 |
| London | $190,024 | 34 |
| Seattle | $187,922 | 129 |
| New York | $186,750 | 380 |
| Austin | $185,000 | 161 |
| Los Angeles | $180,350 | 114 |
| Chicago | $180,350 | 222 |
| Boston | $180,350 | 183 |
| Denver | $180,350 | 141 |
| Atlanta | $180,350 | 155 |
Architect vs Surveyor: which pays more?
The median for Architect is $175,000 per year (typically $142,400–$206,788), versus $82,208 for Surveyor ($60,000–$108,160). That puts Architect about 113% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Architect and Surveyor are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.