15-20 BA IN OTHER FIELD 10-15
16%
5-10
7% 11%
8%
10%
14%
24% ARE YOU A LICENSED ARCHITECT? Figure 2.3: Distribution of experience levels by gender
16%
<5
36%
50%
65%
W
36%
HIGHEST % OF WOMEN
PRINCIPAL 30% 24%DESIGNER/INTERN 20% 11% M
EQUITY BY DESIGN
16% 19% NO 22%
Partner/Principal
20% IN PROCESS Licensed Architect 19% Figure 2.4: Are you a licensed architect? Designer/Intern 24% Sole Practitioner 2% YES
CONCLUSION
CURRENT POSITION
CURRENT POSITION HIGHEST % OF MEN
1
5-10 A third of the respondents are childless, and 39 percent are their <5 household’s primary earner. Among the two-thirds of respondents who supplied salary information, the average salary is $79,000, the 10th percentile salary about $40,000, and the 90th percentile salary about $140,000. Two percent of respondents earn $250,000 or more. Firm size varies widely. Ten percent of respondents work in a firm of 3 to 10 people, a fifth work in 2-person firms, a fifth in firms of 11 to 25 people, a fifth in firms of 26 to 50 people, and nearly fifthMEN in firms of over 100.HIGHEST HIGHEST % aOF Forty-five percent of men and 58 percent of women indicated that they are willing to be contacted for follow-up questioning.
24%
22%
16%
ACTION
8% 10% 11%
27%
8% 10% 11%
4% 6% 6%
Other Leadership Position
4%
38%
PRINCIPAL
KNOWLEDGE
BA20-25 IN RELATED FIELD
4% 6% 6%
11%
2%
DESI
Compared to the population of staff working in AIA member-owned firms, the Equity in Architecture survey sample is younger, more junior,Partner/Principal and much more likely to be female (see fig. 1.1 for comparison). Leadership Position Given that women make up only 28%Other of architectural practitioners working in the US, but made up about Licensed Architect 60% of the Equity in Architecture sample, they are Designer/Intern overrepresented relative to male respondents in this sample by a factor of almost 5:1.1 The Equity in Sole Practitioner Architecture sample also carries a significant geographical bias: while only 14% of those working in US
36%
20% 19% 24%
BACKGROUND
25% 11%
1% 2%
7% 8%
Slightly more 30-35 than half of the respondents are licensed, 364 (22 percent) of them are principals or partners, and 308 hold25-30 other senior positions (figs. 2.4, 2.5). Only 55 respondents are sole practitioners. The 20-25 sample is almost evenly split between respondents whose highest degree is a Bachelor’s degree and 15-20 those with a Master’s degree; a mere 15 respondents 10-15 hold PhDs.
2%
1 American Institute of Architects, Firm Survey Report 2014, 12.
SUMMARY
7% 8%
35-40 B.ARCH 30-35 BA/BS IN ARCH 25-30
5%
7%
20
37% 44%
40+ I/II M.ARCH
7%
35-40
5% 1% DEMOGRAPHICS
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
HIGHER LEVEL DEGREE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
M.ARCH III
40+
DISCUSSION
MW M37%42%W
PHD IN ARCH YEARS WORKED IN ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE 0% 1%