Assistant Architect

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

80 people hold the Assistant Architect role across 14 departments in New York City, with a median total compensation of $85,675. Among 2 jurisdictions where this role is reported, New York City ranks #1 by median pay.

Employees: 80
Median pay: $85,675
Departments: 14
Cross-jurisdiction: #1 of 2

Compared with the local labor market

Assistant Architect pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area

Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval — about 10,240 people — is $99,710. New York City pays a median base salary of $83,963 for this role, 16% below that figure — about the 32nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where New York City sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$65,500

$77,950

$99,710

$129,690

$168,490

New York City median · $83,963

The bar is the range of annual wages for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows New York City’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval — about 106,770 people — is $99,280. New York City’s median base salary is 15% below that national figure, about the 32nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$62,300

$77,960

$99,280

$126,550

$161,420

New York City median · $83,963

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 76 of 80 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at New York City is $85,675, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare jurisdictions

Assistant Architect pay in other jurisdictions

Where Assistant Architects are paid most

New York Public Authorities

$9,613 · 8

Median total compensation for comparable Assistant Architect roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within New York City