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Architect Salary in NYC: What to Really Expect
What architects actually earn in New York — how the national median translates to NYC, what moves your number, and why the median is a floor to negotiate from, not a ceiling.
Read →How to Hire Architects in NYC Without Losing Them to a Competitor
There is no shortage of architects — there is a shortage of the exact experience you want, available right now. Six places firms lose candidates, and how to stop.
Read →Freelance vs. Full-Time for Architects: The Real Economics
Project-based work can pay more per hour and broaden your portfolio — or leave you covering your own benefits between gigs. How to actually weigh the trade.
Read →Revit vs. AutoCAD vs. ArchiCAD: What NYC Firms Actually Require
Which tools get you hired in architecture today, what each is actually for, and how to prove your skills are current — not just listed on a résumé.
Read →The Architecture Portfolio That Gets Interviews
Firms spend seconds on a first pass. What actually earns the interview is curation, a clear story, and proof you can think — not a render dump.
Read →The NYC Architecture Job Market: How to Read It
Architecture hiring moves with capital, sectors, and confidence — not headlines. A durable framework for reading the New York market, whichever way it’s pointing.
Read →Women in Architecture: The State of the Field
Women earn roughly half of architecture degrees but remain a minority of licensed architects and firm leaders. Where the gap is, why it persists, and what’s shifting.
Read →How AI Is Changing Architecture Hiring
AI is reshaping which architecture skills firms hire for — but the core of the work stays stubbornly human. What’s shifting, and what isn’t.
Read →Feeling Stuck in Your Architecture or Design Job?
Long hours, pay that lags the work — the design-job blues are real. How to get more from your role, manage the overtime, and know when it’s time to move.
Read →How to Leave One Architecture Job for Another, Without Burning Bridges
Mobility is how architecture careers grow now. But how you exit says as much about you as how you arrive. Five rules for a clean break.
Read →Are You Hiring Top Talent, or Is Your Competitor?
When candidates field multiple offers, slow and rigid firms lose. Six changes that decide whether top architects accept your offer — or ghost it for a competitor.
Read →How to Make the Most of Your First Architecture Job
Your entry-level role isn't a holding pattern. Approached right, it's the launch point for everything after it — plus a 90-day plan to hit the ground running.
Read →The Median Is Not Your Ceiling: How to Read NYC’s Design Salaries
Most salary guides hand you a median and let you anchor to it — the single most expensive thing you can do with one. How to read ours, and how to break past the curve.
Read →Biophilic Design: Enhancing Architecture Through Nature-Inspired Elements
Once a wellness buzzword, biophilic design is now a baseline expectation on serious projects — and a quiet differentiator in the work firms win and the talent they hire.
Read →Whites & Greys: Architecture’s Lost Debate That Still Shapes Practice
Reflections on a Discipline in Transition In the 1970s, while studying architecture at Pratt Institute, I regularly…
Read →Why Architecture Must Remain a Professional Degree
What the DOE’s Reclassification Means for the Industry The U.S. Department of Education’s decision to weaken the status…
Read →Best Construction Software for Architects
Choosing the best construction software for architects is critical for architecture firms in NYC . The AEC industry is…
Read →A Recalibrated Crown for Lower Manhattan: 2 World Trade Center by Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners’ latest redesign of 2 World Trade Center signals a measured, almost introspective addition to the Manhattan skyline — the final tower to complete the WTC master plan.
Read →Top Architecture Firms Leading the Future of AI Innovation in Design
As artificial intelligence in architecture continues to make waves in the design and construction industries,…
Read →The Impact of 3D-Printed Prefabricated Buildings on Housing, Architecture, and Construction
3D-printed prefabricated buildings are reshaping housing, architecture, and construction — faster builds, lower costs, and bold new design freedom. Here’s what’s changing.
Read →The Critical Role of IT and Cybersecurity in Architectural Firms
Innovation and precision drive architecture — but so does data. Why secure digital infrastructure and cybersecurity have become non-negotiable for architectural firms in 2025.
Read →Navigating the Future of Architectural Hiring: Trends and Job Opportunities in the Educational Sector
Architectural hiring and related architecture jobs are in demand due to the rise of educational construction projects.…
Read →In honor of Women's History Month
In honor of Women's History Month, we want to salute Career Point Staffing's Founder and CEO, Robin McFadden. Opening…
Read →Navigating Office Perks: Insights for Small Architecture and Design Firms in NYC
A New York Post piece on landlords luring workers back with lavish perks raises a real question for small NYC architecture and design firms: which benefits actually matter?
Read →From Past to Present: Transforming Fallingwater with Sustainable Innovations
This article marks the second in my series that explores renowned historical buildings, speculating on integrating…
Read →Reimagining Legacy: Philip Johnson’s Glass House Achieves LEED Platinum Excellence
Philip Johnson’s 1949 Glass House — a minimalist icon — earns LEED Platinum, proving even a landmark of mid-century modernism can be reimagined for a sustainable future.
Read →Critiquing The Line: Unraveling the Mathematical Debate Behind Saudi Arabia’s Unique Megaproject
A Popular Mechanics critique argues the math behind Saudi Arabia’s 170-km linear city doesn’t add up. We unravel the debate behind the world’s most audacious megaproject.
Read →AIA: State and Local Policy Agenda
Architects must have a seat at the table when important civic decisions are made and must play a vital role in crafting…
Read →From the archive
Growth Opportunities in Architecture
Architecture offers promising growth opportunities for those who continuously learn and develop their skills. There are…
Read →Women's History Month - Architects
Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as "Women's History…
Read →Business and Entrepreneurship in Architecture
Architects are known for their creative and artistic abilities in designing beautiful and functional buildings, but…
Read →8 Factors that Affect an Architect's Salary
Overall, an architect's salary level has various factors playing a role, and architects must consider these factors…
Read →My professors said I wouldn't make money
The salary of an architect can vary widely depending on several factors, such as their experience, location, and the…
Read →LEED Certification 101
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a widely recognized and respected certification for…
Read →How to Send My Resume to the Top of the Pile
Top 5 tips for preparing keywords. It is difficult to determine precisely how many hiring firms use AI keyword searches…
Read →Architecture Firm Owners and Employees Continue to Weigh Trade Unions
In recent years, employees of architecture firms have increasingly attempted to join unions. This trend is driven…
Read →3D Printing and Architecture Design
3D printing is revolutionizing the field of architecture, and it is poised to change the way we build our cities and…
Read →Wanted: World-destroying Architects
What started as a comment has become a short post in response to an opinion article by Adam Greenfield in the current…
Read →End of the Road For the Gig Economy?
As the gig economy continues to grow, so do the number of questions about how the law will be regulated. President…
Read →Increase Your Bottom Line and Keep Your Employees Happy
Flex-core staffing is an excellent way for architecture firms to break the hiring-firing cycle, increase their firm's…
Read →Benefits of Working on a Project Basis
There are always peaks and valleys in the work of an architectural firm. Sometimes we work on multiple projects at…
Read →The Hiring War To Find And Retain Architecture And Design Talent
There is no doubt that the architecture and design industry is booming. With new buildings and other…
Read →The (Post-Pandemic) Job Hunt
The post-pandemic job hunt is in full swing, and for architects and interior designers, the demand is…
Read →Collecting unemployment in New York for the Self-Employed
Self-employed workers and independent contractors now qualify for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. On…
Read →Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support: Architects, Employees, and Self-employed
STATE AND FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS . Following Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Order that we must work from home and its…
Read →Navigating the future of architectural hiring: trends and job opportunities in the educational sector
Architectural hiring is surging with the rise of educational construction projects. How firms should adapt their hiring…
Read →The 3 Best Cities for Architecture Careers
Successful architecture careers don’t happen by accident. Just like well-designed buildings, they’re the result of…
Read →The 4 Best Architecture Related Careers for New Graduates
Congratulations on your recent graduation. It probably feels pretty amazing to have that degree. Of course, the longer…
Read →Hiring millennial architects & designers & what is important to them
Hiring Millennials Baby boomers are retiring in record numbers, and their millennial replacements are very different in…
Read →How to transform independent contractors into employees
First, make an architecture or interior-design independent contractor into an employee by formalizing the person’s work…
Read →Millennials in the architecture workplace
Hiring Millennials Consulting For Architects, Inc. is gathering editorial information from our architecture and design…
Read →Architecture Salaries Increase
Architecture salaries increase and the job market is on fire. Review our current job listings Project Architect |…
Read →Reasons to Be Self-Employed
Reasons to be self-employed add up to 55! Taken by a poll of its readers, this list of reasons to be self-employed is…
Read →Meet the robots reading your resume
And how to please them. When I saw this article I was excited to share it with the architects and designers that apply…
Read →AIA Comp Survey: Minimal Salary Increase
Lingering impact from the Great Recession slows gains in salaries Over the last several years, most architecture firms…
Read →A fictional tale about an architect and his career
The end came for William some 1,800 miles and 26 years from where it…
Read →Freelance architecture and design consultants the wave of the future?
In the “old days,” a firm might turn down a project because it didn’t have the necessary staff to handle it properly.…
Read →Where Does the Freelancers Union Stand on Healthcare Reform?
Freelancers Union strongly supports the national effort to increase quality, affordable coverage for our members and…
Read →Can a freelancer perform like a company?
From Freelancer Blog - Yes, and many times, better. There are many benefits to hiring freelancers to do work you would…
Read →Join the CFA Freelance Community Group on LinkedIn!
For LinkedIn members we have created the LinkedIn Group "CFA Freelancer Community" and we invite you to join. If you…
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