North Carolina · SOC 17-0000 · Annual, 2025
Architecture and engineering occupations in North Carolina
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 17-0000 in North Carolina, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 77,200 people in North Carolina worked in architecture and engineering occupations (SOC 17-0000), with an average annual wage of $109,180.
Employment in architecture and engineering occupations in North Carolina grew 13.6% from 2020 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 52.8% above the all-occupations average in North Carolina. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 77,200. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for North Carolina are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 77,200Employment, 2025
- $109,180Mean annual wage
- 1.6%Share of North Carolina jobs
- 0.93Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 56,400; 2005 57,500; 2006 59,600; 2007 61,400; 2008 61,000; 2009 55,600; 2010 54,600; 2011 55,600; 2012 56,400; 2013 56,700; 2014 57,900; 2015 59,900; 2016 61,200; 2017 62,400; 2018 65,700; 2019 68,800; 2020 67,900; 2021 68,700; 2022 70,600; 2023 73,400; 2024 76,700; 2025 77,200.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 77,160 | $109,178 | 0.6% |
| 2024 | 76,721 | $103,800 | 4.5% |
| 2023 | 73,405 | $99,626 | 4.0% |
| 2022 | 70,559 | $95,404 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 68,684 | $93,651 | 1.1% |
| 2020 | 67,922 | $89,789 | 1.3% |
| 2019 | 68,825 | $87,344 | 4.7% |
| 2018 | 65,709 | $86,279 | 5.3% |
| 2017 | 62,391 | $84,450 | 1.9% |
| 2016 | 61,236 | $82,055 | 2.2% |
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 North Carolina, quarterly, at full depth
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