Architect Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Architect Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 184,200

✏️ This salary info is based on 345 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Architect salary lies between USD 133,600 and USD 235,750 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Architect
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
345
Top 10%
$ 300,050
Top 25%
$ 235,750
Median
$ 184,200
Bottom 25%
$ 133,600
Bottom 10%
$ 105,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Architect roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Architect job listings are Architecture, Engineering and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Architecture | 2670 jobs Engineering | 2137 jobs Python | 1887 jobs Machine Learning | 1709 jobs Security | 1643 jobs AWS | 1590 jobs Azure | 1574 jobs Computer Science | 1476 jobs SQL | 1312 jobs Pipelines | 1155 jobs GCP | 1073 jobs Data governance | 984 jobs Data management | 883 jobs ETL | 880 jobs Agile | 827 jobs Databricks | 813 jobs Big Data | 738 jobs Spark | 721 jobs Data quality | 720 jobs APIs | 702 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Architect roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Architect job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 2210 jobs Health care | 1098 jobs Flex hours | 809 jobs Competitive pay | 669 jobs Equity / stock options | 627 jobs Startup environment | 580 jobs Insurance | 542 jobs Team events | 511 jobs Salary bonus | 477 jobs Flex vacation | 441 jobs Medical leave | 396 jobs Parental leave | 354 jobs 401(k) matching | 300 jobs Wellness | 290 jobs Conferences | 177 jobs Transparency | 160 jobs Fertility benefits | 114 jobs Relocation support | 94 jobs Fitness / gym | 82 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 58 jobs

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