Entry-level Architect salary in Houston, TX

Based on 33 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Sugar Land, Galveston, Bellaire, Brookshire, Conroe.

Also listed as: Project Architect, Architect Non Licensed

Median salary$62,650
Middle 50%$60k–$69k
vs. all levels here−12%comparison median $70,866
Filings33FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $58,261 and $95,400.
PercentileSalary
10th$58,261
25th$60,000
50th (median)$62,650
75th$69,000
90th$72,330

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $60k $70k FY2021: median $59,800 (15 filings) FY2022: median $60,528 (11 filings) FY2023: median $65,000 (15 filings) FY2024: median $60,000 (17 filings) FY2025: median $60,000 (22 filings) FY2026: median $64,314 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 8 filings FY20 FY2021: 15 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 15 filings FY23 FY2024: 17 filings FY24 FY2025: 22 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 22
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––8
FY2021$59,800$59,800$61,70015
FY2022$60,528$60,528$61,51411
FY2023$65,000$59,692$66,49815
FY2024$60,000$59,384$72,00017
FY2025$60,000$59,250$70,40022
FY2026$64,314$62,825$66,87911

Cost of living

Houston's median entry-level Architect salary of $62,650 is worth about $63,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Houston = 98.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in the Houston, TX area earned a median of $97,590 in May 2025 (2,360 employed). The H-1B median here is $62,650, 36% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Sparc Plustoo few3
Goree Architectstoo few2
Hkstoo few2
M&G Tradingtoo few2
Pacific Consulting Grouptoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $62,650 33
Mid-level · Level II $85,863 16
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$58,261$62,65033
Mid-level · Level II$78,437$85,86316

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.