Salary for Senior-level / Expert Architect during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Architect during 2025 is USD 184,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 353 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Architect salary lies between USD 130,000 and USD 232,300 globally. 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
353
Top 10%
$ 300,000
Top 25%
$ 232,300
Median
$ 184,000
Bottom 25%
$ 130,000
Bottom 10%
$ 104,200

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 Senior-level / Expert Architect roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 2570 jobs Engineering | 2057 jobs Python | 1814 jobs Machine Learning | 1638 jobs Security | 1591 jobs AWS | 1525 jobs Azure | 1524 jobs Computer Science | 1412 jobs SQL | 1270 jobs Pipelines | 1116 jobs GCP | 1033 jobs Data governance | 947 jobs ETL | 855 jobs Data management | 849 jobs Databricks | 796 jobs Agile | 794 jobs Big Data | 711 jobs Spark | 704 jobs Data quality | 694 jobs APIs | 679 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Architect roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 2121 jobs Health care | 1061 jobs Flex hours | 765 jobs Competitive pay | 646 jobs Equity / stock options | 602 jobs Startup environment | 561 jobs Insurance | 529 jobs Team events | 491 jobs Salary bonus | 460 jobs Flex vacation | 425 jobs Medical leave | 384 jobs Parental leave | 345 jobs 401(k) matching | 293 jobs Wellness | 276 jobs Conferences | 169 jobs Transparency | 153 jobs Fertility benefits | 114 jobs Relocation support | 87 jobs Fitness / gym | 75 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 57 jobs

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