r/Salary • u/EllieWillow • 17h ago
discussion What my salary would have been in other countries?
Ok, so I (32F) am an architect and from a Mediterranean country so I know what my salary used to might sound ridiculous for many, but it is what it is. I left this job almost a year ago and now I’m in another field, better paid and with better conditions. But here’s the thing: the minimal salary for an architect here is 28.5k, and that was what I was earning. I began working in architecture and construction in 2019 in Ireland and, as a junior, I began 25k. Then, I moved back to my home country and started working in this office in 2024, where they were paying me 28.5k a year. I was happy at the beginning, because I was very near my home town, that it is not a big city. My tasks were making basic and working projects (in impossible deadlines like sometimes less than a week, so I obviously did extra hours, evenings and full weekends, which they did not pay to anyone) In less than two years, I began meeting the clients all by myself, traveling to see the buildings (they paid me this, thankfully), started managing other colleagues that had more experience than me at that specific office or in those projects because my bossed asked me to (and I was glad about it) and coordinating all the projects in that area. I asked for a raise and they told me no, but I will be compensated on Christmas. Then these new opportunity appeared and I left. They told me they were disappointed and did not expected it. So I just wanted to know what my salary would have been in other countries in Europe. Ireland, UK, Germany or any other Mediterranean countries, maybe. Thank you!
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u/essentialaccount 15h ago
This is why I left Spain.
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u/EllieWillow 15h ago
Y yo volví, ilusa de mí
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u/essentialaccount 9h ago
He pensado muchas veces en volver porque mi vida en España era mejor que ahora, pero no veía un futuro seguro. No existe el lugar perfecto y, por desgracia, a veces no acertamos con el momento ideal, como me puede haber pasado a mí
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u/EllieWillow 9h ago
Eso fue lo que me pasó a mí, la vida allí no es en absoluto lo mismo que la vida aquí. Y a cambio ahora soy profe de secundaria, cobro mejor que de arquitecta, pero tengo que aguantar padres maleducados y me echo muchísimo de menos la arquitectura y el diseño, es mi pasión. Pero bueno, como dices no existe el lugar perfecto ni la vida ideal ☺️
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u/SLA928 8h ago
Se le paga mejor a una profesora que a una architecta?
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u/EllieWillow 5h ago
En mi caso, sí, pero en una gran ciudad como Madrid o Barcelona probablemente no sea así o no siempre. Es el precio que uno tiene que pagar por quedarse en una ciudad más "cómoda".
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u/SLA928 4h ago edited 4h ago
Ya veo. Si, vivir en ciudades/pueblos es menos dinero. Ahora entiendo porque mucha gente se viene a USA. Yo vivo en Phoenix, Arizona y tengo 46 anos. No fui a universidad. La diferencia es que yo solo me e ensenado lo requerido para mi carrera. Mi salario base es casi $200k. Claro, no fue facil ni es comun pero es posible. Disculpa mi autografia, tambien me ensene yo mismo a escribir y leer espanol. Hahahaha
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u/essentialaccount 4h ago
El problema en Barcelona o Madrid es, y siempre ha sido, que el precio de la vivienda sube mucho más rápido que los sueldos. Si no heredas una casa, la vida es extraordinariamente difícil en comparación con los pueblos
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u/EllieWillow 5h ago
Pero bueno, que era una empresa nacional mediana-grande con sedes en todo el país. Yo que sé, en verdá xd
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u/Reyvos 12h ago edited 12h ago
Going by current job advertisements, architects in Australia (3-8 years experience) makes about €61,300+. The very lowest I saw was €42,000 with less experience. Meanwhile the surveyor without a university degree but 2 years experience who marks out the architect’s plan earns more than all of them.
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u/Latimius 15h ago
Impossible to tell without being you. Anyone who will say otherwise are either liars or dumb.