Working as an architect in Australia
What official sources say about working as an architect in Australia: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Australia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021). Architect is a regulated profession in Australia. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply for AACA’s one-stage comprehensive Overseas Qualifications Assessment of tertiary qualifications and competency. A successful comparable assessment may lead to the Architectural Practice Examination subject to its criteria.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Apply for AACA’s one-stage comprehensive Overseas Qualifications Assessment of tertiary qualifications and competency. A successful comparable assessment may lead to the Architectural Practice Examination subject to its criteria.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Australia: ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of architects alone.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is a regulated profession in Australia.
- Recognition route
- Apply for AACA’s one-stage comprehensive Overseas Qualifications Assessment of tertiary qualifications and competency. A successful comparable assessment may lead to the Architectural Practice Examination subject to its criteria.
- Recognition authority
- AACA for Overseas Qualifications Assessment; the relevant State/Territory architect registration board for registration.
- Language requirement
- AACA’s comprehensive OQA includes English-language proficiency; the collected page does not provide a single CEFR level or test score.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Architect in Australia: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 0598b7acdc4ccf824d89add40fcc96c9]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/australia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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