It's Time for Certification
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No, generally there is no pay increase after licensure (which, by the way, takes 2-3 years of working after a professional degree, for me that was a bach and masters for 7 yrs, then it's a bunch of loooong tests, many hours - it can take a long time to pass all of them, 7 or 8, I think). Your duties do not change.
The only difference is that you can legally sign off on the drawings.Really, though, you can have an entire career without being licensed, it's just the 'normal' way of doing things (but studying 1000 page books after 70 hour work weeks can take a while, too). Almost every project you ever do will involve and engineer, and they can sign off on the drawings.
Just one of the reasons I chose an 'alternative' path in the field of architecture and graphics.