Career vs career

Architecture vs Civil Engineering

Compared through the careers each degree leads to: Architects (except landscape and naval) and Civil Engineers.

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Civil Engineers
US pay
Median a year, US Bureau of Labor Statistics (via O*NET)
 $96,690
10th–90th percentile: $53,900 – $156,690
$99,590
10th–90th percentile: $61,040 – $149,970
India pay
Average monthly earnings of the whole occupation group (PLFS) — not this career alone
 ₹38,466 a month
Group: Professionals · PLFS
₹38,466 a month
Group: Professionals · PLFS
UK pay
Median a year, full-time, closest UK group (ONS ASHE)
 £47,143
Architects · 2025 · ONS
£51,366
Civil engineers · 2025 · ONS
Growth outlook
US 10-year projection (BLS)
 Average (+4% over 10 years)Average (+5% over 10 years)
AI exposure 4.1 / 104.4 / 10
Typical entry education
US (BLS)
 Bachelor's degreeBachelor's degree
Route in India
  • Entrance exam: NATA (Council of Architecture) or JEE Main Paper 2A (B.Arch); IITs use JEE Advanced plus the Architecture Aptitude Test [Source]
  • Qualification: B.Arch (5 years) from a recognised architecture college [Source]
  • Registration: Registration with the Council of Architecture under the Architects Act, needed to practise and use the title 'Architect' [Source]
  • Entrance exam: JEE Main (Paper 1) for B.E./B.Tech; top JEE Main scorers can sit JEE Advanced for IITs; IIT/NIT/IIIT seats allotted via JoSAA [Source]
  • Qualification: B.Tech / B.E. in Civil Engineering (4 years) at an IIT, NIT or AICTE-approved college [Source]
  • Entrance exam: GATE for M.Tech admission or for recruitment by public sector undertakings (PSUs) that use GATE scores [Source]
  • Entrance exam: UPSC Engineering Services Exam (Civil) for central services such as the Central Engineering Service [Source]
Skill overlap
7 of 13 top skills are shared.
Shared skills: Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Writing, Reading Comprehension
Shared knowledge areas: Design, Building and Construction, Engineering and Technology, English Language, Mathematics, Administration and Management
From each career's top O*NET skills and knowledge areas.

Blank means we hold no official figure for that career. US, India and UK figures are different measures and are not converted into each other. Data sources and dates

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