Architecture & Construction

  • Do you often admire the buildings around you?
  • Do you like to work with your hands?
  • Do you like to work with tools, objects, and numbers?
  • Can you visualize objects in your mind?
  • Do you like to create models or make designs?
  • Do you like to use both mental and manual skills to solve problems?
  • Do you like to work both alone and with others?

If you work in occupations in the Architecture and Construction cluster, you would be responsible for buildings and other structures such as highways and bridges. You might make designs and plans for new structures. Or, you would use the plans to build new structures and manage construction workers. Another option would be to take care of, repair, and restore existing structures.

Some of the Fastest Growing Occupations through 2014:

Occupation

Hourly Wages

Cost Estimators

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$15.40
$23.70
$27.85

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$13.91
$20.10
$23.20

Mechanical Drafters

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$13.40
$19.02
$21.83

Brickmasons and Blockmasons

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$13.06
$18.74
$21.59

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$12.98
$21.60
$25.91

Carpenters

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$11.55
$16.69
$19.26

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$11.01
$15.59
$17.88

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$10.26
$15.55
$18.20

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$9.38
$13.13
$15.00

Highway Maintenance Workers

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$13.12
$16.28
$17.86

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$11.70
$16.96
$19.60

Fence Erectors

Entry:
Average:
Experienced:

$10.04
$12.30
$13.43

Iowans describing his or her job will be available on the IPTV website at: www.careers.iptv.org
For other related occupations, job descriptions, hourly wages, and outlook refer to
the Iowa Career Resource Guide at http://www.iowa.gov/educate or http://iwin.iowaworkforce.org

Source: Iowa Career Resource Guide