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Architecture & Built Environment jobs in France for international graduates

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Job market at a glance

The jobs Architecture & Built Environment leads to, added together. Each label compares Architecture & Built Environment with the other French fields.

Planned hires a month vs last year-16.6% ModerateFrance Travail
Planned hires a month166 WeakFrance Travail
Hires employers expect to be hard to fill41% France Travail
Average pay, net (calculated)€43,200 WeakINSEE
Pay under 30, net (calculated)€29,300 ModerateINSEE
Growth to 2035 (Cedefop)+30.7% StrongCedefop
Change since 2023+4.9% ModerateDARES
People in these jobs105,844 WeakDARES
Jobs on the shortage-occupation list0% WeakLégifrance

People in these jobs: employed people in these job families (DARES, from INSEE's Labour Force Survey). Hard to fill: the share of the 2026 hiring projects that employers told France Travail they expect to be difficult (Besoins en main-d'œuvre survey), weighted by how common each job is among this field's destinations. French pay is published NET (after social contributions, before income tax), as an average in full-time equivalent including bonuses; yearly = monthly × 12, calculated by UNIFER. Entry-level pay is the average of employees under 30. Shortage-occupation list: the government's "métiers en tension" list of 21 May 2025, which waives the labour-market test. The list is set region by region; a job counts here when it is listed in at least one of the 13 regions, and the jobs table shows in how many.

Jobs this degree leads to

The jobs Architecture & Built Environment courses most often lead to in France, and how each one is doing.

JobShareAverage pay INSEEEntry pay INSEEGrowth to 2035 CedefopPlanned hires a month France Travailvs last yearHard to fill France TravailShortage list Légifrance
1.Architects€42,942est.€29,064+33.6%124-9.4%33%not listed
2.Graphic designers, illustrators, stylists and decorators€37,095est.€25,927+33.6%313-13.2%21%not listed
3.Construction design, geology, quantity surveying and building inspection professionals€47,334est.€31,996+33.6%119-38%63%not listed
4.Transport and tourism managers€50,297est.€32,440+52.6%44-30.9%69%not listed
5.Building and civil engineers, site and works managers€50,307est.€34,962-7.4%540-13.4%62%not listed
6.Senior public administration staff (grade A, non-legal)€47,549est.€28,651+24.6%——not listed
7.Building and civil-engineering draughtspersons€30,405est.€24,049-7.4%131-29%65%not listed

Share: how common each job is among Architecture & Built Environment destinations. Entry pay: the average net pay of employees under 30 in these occupations (France publishes no lower quartile). Planned hires a month: hiring projects employers reported for the year in France Travail's survey (Besoins en main-d'œuvre 2026), divided by 12, against 2025. These are plans, not job ads; central government is not covered. Hard to fill: the share of each job's planned hires its employers expect to be difficult (France Travail, 2026). Shortage list: in how many of the 13 metropolitan regions the job is on the "métiers en tension" list of 21 May 2025. Jobs are France's own job families (FAP 2021, DARES). Planned hires, people in work and the shortage list are published for these families; pay is published for INSEE's occupation codes and translated to each family through INSEE's and DARES's correspondence tables ("est."). Swipe the table sideways for more.

What graduates like you earned

Master's graduates (French and international) who studied Architecture & Built Environment or a related Urbanisme et amenagement / Genie urbain subject, one year after graduating, working in France. Earnings are published for Urbanisme et amenagement / Genie urbain as a whole.

Master's graduates in France earnedmedian, net, one year after graduating · middle half €24,400–€31,000€28,100 MESR

Foreign-born tertiary graduates working full time in France earned 101.3% of what French-born graduates earned (2017) OECD. Based on 828 graduates. Net pay (after social contributions, before income tax), full-time equivalent; yearly = monthly × 12, calculated by UNIFER. France publishes no figure for international graduates on their own.

Staying to work after you graduate

How international students stay to work in France after studying Architecture & Built Environment.

1
Finish your course

A master's (or another master's-level degree) from a French institution.

2
Job-search permit
12 months Service-Public

to look for a job or start a business in France; you can work as an employee while it lasts. It cannot be renewed. Indian students can stay up to 24 months (12, renewable once) under the India–France agreement, according to Campus France India.

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Work permit

Salaried permit: for a job linked to your studies paying at least €2,801 a month gross (€33,606 a year), the employer does not need to show that no one else could fill it. Jobs on the shortage-occupation list ("métiers en tension") are also exempt.

Passeport talent (qualified employee): at least €39,582 a year gross, with a French master's-level degree.

EU Blue Card: at least €59,373 a year gross.

Typical pay in Architecture & Built Environment jobs vs the salaried-permit minimum Service-Public
€55,400est.
typical pay, gross (est.)minimum €33,606

The permit amounts are gross; the pay figures on this page are net (after social contributions). For the bar only, the net average is turned into gross with a stated factor (net ÷ 0.78, typical for private-sector employees), so the gross figure is an estimate. The exact gross pay depends on the job and the contract.

Architecture & Built Environment jobs on the shortage-occupation list (at least one region) Légifrance0%

In 2025, 41,232 non-EU students in France switched from a study permit to a work permit, 1,465 of them Indian citizens Eurostat.

Graduates living in France who are citizens of non-EU countries: 69.5% in work, against 88.8% of French graduates (ages 25–64, 2025) Eurostat.

Architecture & Built Environment in other countries

Typical pay for the same jobs (in US dollars in brackets, at October 2026 exchange rates), projected growth, and post-study work after a master's.

France€43,200 net ($48,400)Growth +30.7% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 12 monthsBelgium€65,900 ($73,800)Growth +16.9% (2022–35) · Search year 12 monthsSpain€42,500 ($47,600)Growth +27.7% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 24 monthsUnited Kingdom£41,500 ($55,500)Growth +11.8% (2025–35) · Graduate visa 18 monthsUnited States$91,800Growth +4.9% (2025–35) · OPT 12 months, 36 with the STEM extensionCanadaCA$89,900 ($64,200)Growth +8.6% (2023–33) · PGWP up to 36 months
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AustraliaAU$131,500 ($92,300)Growth +19.1% (2025–35) · 24 monthsIreland€49,100 ($55,000)Growth +5.1% (2025–28) · Stamp 1G 24 monthsGermany€64,300 ($72,000)Growth +3.3% (2023–40) · 18 monthsNetherlands€66,600 ($74,500)Growth +4% (2025–30) · Orientation year 12 monthsSwedenSEK 597,200 ($60,100)Growth +40.3% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 12 monthsDenmarkDKK 728,600 ($109,100)Growth +25% (2022–35) · Job-seeking permit 12 monthsFinland€56,300 ($63,000)Growth +25.6% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 24 monthsPolandPLN 99,700 ($25,400)Growth +31.4% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 9 monthsItaly€23,000 net ($25,700)Growth +34.9% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work up to 12 monthsSwitzerlandCHF 105,200 ($127,600)Job search 6 months

Questions students ask

How much do Architecture & Built Environment graduates earn in France?

Master's graduates in France who finished a master's in Urbanisme et amenagement / Genie urbain earned a median €28,100 one year after graduating. Across all workers in these jobs, typical pay is €43,200 and starting pay about €29,300.

Is Architecture & Built Environment in demand in France?

Employers posted about 166 planned hires a month for these jobs, 16.6% fewer than a year earlier. Employment in these jobs is projected to grow 30.7% from 2022 to 2035.

Can I stay and work in France after a Architecture & Built Environment master's?

Yes, for 12 months on a job-search permit after a master's, free to work as an employee (24 months for Indian students, according to Campus France India). To stay, a job linked to your studies paying at least €2,801 a month gross needs no labour-market test.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure comes from an official French source. Tap a source tag next to any number for its details.

Cedefop Skills Forecast — future employment growth by occupation group, France, 2022–2035European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) · Cedefop: reuse with acknowledgement of the source (CC BY 4.0) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
DARES — Portraits statistiques des métiers, effectifs par famille professionnelle (FAP 2021)DARES (Ministry of Labour) · Licence Ouverte 2.0 (DARES open data; the site's own terms not read) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Change of immigration status permits, education to employment, France (migr_reschange)Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Employment rates by educational attainment and citizenship, tertiary education, ages 25–64, France (lfsa_ergaedn)Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
InserSup — insertion professionnelle des diplômés de master (MESR-SIES); yearly figure calculated by UNIFERMinistère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (MESR-SIES) · Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Arrêté du 21 mai 2025 — liste des métiers et zones géographiques caractérisés par des difficultés de recrutementMinistère du Travail (Journal officiel, Légifrance) · Official legal text · loaded 19 Oct 2026
French post-study and work permit rules — service-public.fr (manually verified)Direction de l'information légale et administrative (service-public.fr) — transcribed and verified by UNIFER · Official government information · loaded 19 Oct 2026

Indicative figures from official French sources. They describe groups of graduates and workers, not what any individual will earn or be offered. Visa rules change, so check service-public.fr before you decide.