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Architects, Except Landscape and Naval pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Architects, Except Landscape and Naval is $129,640 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $81,450 per year in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 59.2% above Shreveport-Bossier City, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-1011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 660 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 70 in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.