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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Pay scale for ARCH (masters) varies based on firms. Smaller firms pay less, larger more for a fresh grad ranging 3.0 to 3.8k depending on economic conditions.(2014-6)
Civil commands slightly lower starting pay as it is a shorter Bac/Hons course. 3-4yrs compared to 5 yrs arch. Increment for engineers are slower even though starting pay is pretty decent.
Best to work on client end - PM and FM. which has better benefits and shorter work hours if you're considering built industry.
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The preception that M.Arch pays more that B.Eng(Civil) is just that. A preception.
Given the small market in SG, unless you are in big firm, with outstanding credentials, the starting pay for both is very similar. In some cases, a B.Eng will probably pay more, such as if you work for public agencies or for banks. Engineers across most disciplines are very popular with banks. Early progression for Archts is also slow, until you get your practising cert.
Back to the topic, in the built environment industry, you need to have at 5-8 experience to be a competent PM. PMs can be at contractor, consultant or client level. Contractor/consultant will require u to be technically trained, pay range from 5-10k depending on the project scale. For client side, can be either technical or others like, real estate, fac mgmt etc etc. Typically, pay progression may not be that great unless u have a large portfolio.