Architecture salary calculator (Europe)
Not survey data, not last year's report — this compares against the 644 live architecture job ads on this site that disclose pay (of 4,059 live ads), normalized to gross EUR/year and refreshed daily. Pick your situation, optionally enter your salary, and see where you sit. Orientation, not gospel.
Architect salaries by country
Median and middle-half range of disclosed ads as of 2026-08-06 — the calculator above always shows today's figures. Cost of living differs a lot between these countries; compare with that in mind.
| Country | Median (gross EUR/yr) | Middle half of ads | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €49.7k | €43.9k–€58.5k | 137 |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | €48.6k | €37.5k–€57.1k | 23 |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | €48k | €42.6k–€51k | 17 |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | €40k | €32.5k–€50k | 117 |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | €28.8k | €21.4k–€35.2k | 40 |
| 🇫🇷 France | €27.5k | €17.5k–€38.5k | 203 |
| 🇨🇿 Czechia | €20.4k | €17k–€24k | 104 |
By experience level (all countries)
| Level | Median (gross EUR/yr) | Middle half of ads | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | €32.2k | €21k–€33.9k | 17 |
| Not specified | €33.5k | €21k–€45k | 567 |
| Senior | €55k | €45.6k–€58.5k | 45 |
| Lead / Principal | €91.8k | €60.7k–€105k | 15 |
How this is calculated
Only ads that state a salary count — a minority, and one that skews toward employers confident enough to publish pay. Ranges count as their midpoint; monthly figures ×12; other currencies convert at rough fixed rates; hourly rates are excluded. Experience level is read from the job title, so most mid-level roles sit in “not stated”. Slices with too few disclosed ads widen automatically rather than showing a confident number computed from three data points.
Figures shift with every daily refresh and with which employers happen to be hiring — treat differences under ~10% as noise.
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Common questions
Where does the salary data come from?
From live European job ads that disclose pay, normalized to gross EUR/year and refreshed every morning. It is the advertised market, not a survey — use it as orientation, not gospel.
What does the percentile mean?
Where your salary sits among the disclosed-pay ads for the slice you picked: 62nd percentile means 62% of those ads advertise less. The middle half (25th to 75th) is the typical advertised range.
Why do only some ads count?
Only a minority of European architecture ads disclose pay, so the calculator computes from the ones that do and always shows the sample size. Thin slices widen automatically and say so.