Architecture and Related Services
Field of study · CIP 2020
Architecture and Related Services is one of the fields of study in the U.S. Department of Education's Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). It contains 18 detailed programs and, through the official CIP–SOC crosswalk, connects to 13 occupations employing about 1,129,860 workers, with a median wage of $74,545. The crosswalk shows which jobs a field of study is related to — not a guarantee of entry.
What the occupations pay
Median annual wage across the occupations this field of study leads to, from BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024). The middle range is the 25th–75th percentile of those occupation medians — it describes the field, not any one job or graduate.
| Median occupation wage | $74,545 |
| Middle range (p25–p75) | $66,095 – $86,963 |
| Occupations with wage data | 12 of 13 |
AI exposure of this field of study
Two published studies estimate how exposed each occupation is to today's AI. The OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" study rates the share of an occupation's tasks a large language model (with tools) could speed up by half or more; averaged across the occupations this field of study leads to it is 43% — 47th percentile of all fields of study. The independent Felten/Raj/Seamans AI Occupational Exposure index averages 1.07 here.
Computed across the 12 of 13 occupations this field leads to that carry a published exposure score.
The most-exposed fields of study lead to knowledge, language and analytical work; the least-exposed lead to physical trades and hands-on production. Exposure measures where AI could assist tasks, not a prediction that these jobs will be automated; high exposure most often means augmentation. Bands are comparable across the cluster, education, job-zone and field-of-study tiers (same two studies, same percentile method).
Where this field of study leads
The largest occupations connected to this field by the CIP–SOC crosswalk, by employment. Wage and employment describe the occupation, not an individual.
| Occupation | Workers | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers | 296,640 | $66,700 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | 210,340 | $167,740 |
| Real Estate Sales Agents | 190,600 | $56,320 |
| Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | 111,140 | $96,690 |
| Architectural and Civil Drafters | 109,550 | $64,280 |
| Interior Designers | 69,580 | $63,490 |
| Real Estate Brokers | 49,590 | $72,280 |
| Urban and Regional Planners | 43,040 | $83,720 |
| Landscape Architects | 19,580 | $79,660 |
| Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other | 17,540 | $75,040 |
| Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | 9,120 | $101,480 |
| Historians | 3,140 | $74,050 |
| Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate | — | — |
Programs in this field
A sample of the detailed CIP programs within this family. The full family contains 18 programs.
- 04.0802 Architectural Conservation
- 04.0202 Architectural Design
- 04.0801 Architectural History and Criticism, General
- 04.0899 Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation, Other
- 04.0999 Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
- 04.0803 Architectural Studies
- 04.0901 Architectural Technology/Technician
- 04.0902 Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
- 04.0201 Architecture
- 04.0299 Architecture, Other
- 04.0301 City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
- 04.0499 Environmental Design, Other
- 04.0401 Environmental Design/Architecture
- 04.0402 Healthcare Environment Design/Architecture
- 04.0501 Interior Architecture
- 04.0601 Landscape Architecture
- 04.1001 Real Estate Development
- 04.0403 Sustainable Design/Architecture
Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- CIP-2020 2020 U.S. National Center for Education Statistics
- “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
Data compiled June 3, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Architecture and Related Services." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; CIP-2020 2020; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/programs/architecture-and-related-services
Singulariki. (2026). Architecture and Related Services. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/programs/architecture-and-related-services
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