I'm glad there's a thread here about Archi grad/ architects salary.

I've been working for 4 years since grad from nus arch with masters and now getting a monthly salary of about $4800 currently, which is low compared to other professions. I'd liketo add that I didn't get to this salary by sticking to the same comPany from a fresh grad pay of $2900 4 years ago. There has been 2 hops since.

One thing's for sure, our industry is quite surpressed salary wise, and emPloyers always use the notion that Archi staffs have to work late and earn little to get far, which I feel is just a stupid excuse to be stingy and not move with the times and rising inflation.

Architects around, let's not allow the profession to slide because of our submissiveness to employers' unreasonable demands.

I'd like to seek advice from architects here. What should one ask for if you get registered as a fresh QP, and start signing documents with your name as QP while working as an employee in an Archi firm. A percentage cut in professional fees or a salary increase?