One in four architects earn less than €20,000

ONE in four architects surveyed are now making less than €20,000 a year.

Almost two out of three are earning less than €45,000, according to the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (RIAI). It said more than half of architects surveyed are unemployed, working part time or working for themselves on small projects.

Director of the RIAI John Graby said architecture was never a high-paying profession but in the last year salary rates have collapsed.