California · SOC 17-0000 · Annual, 2025
Architecture and engineering occupations in California
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 17-0000 in California, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 325,100 people in California worked in architecture and engineering occupations (SOC 17-0000), with an average annual wage of $160,490.
Employment in architecture and engineering occupations in California was essentially flat from 2004 to 2025 (-0.4%). The average wage in this occupation group is 65.6% above the all-occupations average in California. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for California are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 325,100Employment, 2025
- $160,490Mean annual wage
- 1.8%Share of California jobs
- 1.07Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 326,300; 2005 332,800; 2006 340,500; 2007 339,700; 2008 338,600; 2009 313,800; 2010 307,400; 2011 309,100; 2012 313,300; 2013 315,300; 2014 321,000; 2015 328,400; 2016 331,500; 2017 324,500; 2018 329,700; 2019 329,300; 2020 323,800; 2021 323,200; 2022 338,600; 2023 333,600; 2024 327,300; 2025 325,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 325,065 | $160,486 | 0.7% |
| 2024 | 327,302 | $148,722 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 333,573 | $140,004 | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 338,597 | $135,463 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 323,238 | $136,115 | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 323,756 | $128,346 | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 329,331 | $118,643 | 0.1% |
| 2018 | 329,725 | $119,006 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 324,526 | $115,677 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 331,533 | $111,331 | 1.0% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Architecture and engineering occupations in California, quarterly, at full depth
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