Thread by @andrew_ace_agh

You know if all these architecture firms spent half as much time complaining about the cost of Revit and used that time and energy to demand their clients pay them more, paying for Revit would not be a problem.

Median salary in the Pacific (per AIA survey) for a recent graduate is 56K/year. I must remind you that these are people who have gone through 5-7 years of training to attain a professional degree.

Median household income in Seattle last year was 93,500. seattletimes.com/seattle-news/d…

So if you divide that by working 40 hours a week (which as professionals, most architects work more than that without additional compensation as a salaried employee), and 50 weeks out of the year (PTO taken out), that is no more than $28 an hour in pay, on average.

In order to make the median salary of Seattle, you would have to be a licensed architect working as a Project Manager with at least 8 years (or more of experience). So roughly 13-15 years from starting school to making the median income in Seattle. It's A LOT.

And I bring this up b/c not only is it imperative that architects be compensated for there work, this steep hill is a big part of the reason why the people designing all the buildings we inhabit do not look more like the community.

To say nothing of student loan debt...

...the cost of taking licensing exams ($210 a pop, and at least six of them), including all the time taken to study and continually do continuing education.