Architect Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Architect Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 185,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 274 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Architect salary lies between USD 130,000 and USD 235,900 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
274
Top 10%
$ 303,140
Top 25%
$ 235,900
Median
$ 185,000
Bottom 25%
$ 130,000
Bottom 10%
$ 103,930

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 | 2280 jobs Engineering | 1814 jobs Python | 1607 jobs Machine Learning | 1464 jobs Security | 1431 jobs AWS | 1358 jobs Azure | 1340 jobs Computer Science | 1254 jobs SQL | 1128 jobs Pipelines | 970 jobs GCP | 914 jobs Data governance | 836 jobs ETL | 760 jobs Data management | 750 jobs Agile | 708 jobs Databricks | 688 jobs Big Data | 654 jobs Spark | 635 jobs Data quality | 620 jobs APIs | 584 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 | 1902 jobs Health care | 923 jobs Flex hours | 685 jobs Competitive pay | 566 jobs Equity / stock options | 554 jobs Startup environment | 463 jobs Insurance | 452 jobs Team events | 432 jobs Salary bonus | 410 jobs Flex vacation | 350 jobs Medical leave | 333 jobs Parental leave | 295 jobs 401(k) matching | 254 jobs Wellness | 254 jobs Conferences | 152 jobs Transparency | 133 jobs Fertility benefits | 94 jobs Relocation support | 76 jobs Fitness / gym | 71 jobs Home office stipend | 43 jobs

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