Salary for Senior-level / Expert Architect in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Architect in United States during 2025 is USD 190,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 114 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Architect salary lies between USD 140,000 and USD 247,730 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
114
Top 10%
$ 314,000
Top 25%
$ 247,730
Median
$ 190,000
Bottom 25%
$ 140,000
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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 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 | 925 jobs Engineering | 703 jobs Python | 646 jobs Machine Learning | 578 jobs Security | 545 jobs AWS | 528 jobs Azure | 516 jobs Computer Science | 489 jobs SQL | 468 jobs Pipelines | 383 jobs GCP | 369 jobs ETL | 318 jobs Data governance | 318 jobs Agile | 294 jobs Big Data | 279 jobs Databricks | 276 jobs Data management | 275 jobs Spark | 274 jobs Data quality | 264 jobs Java | 239 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 | 728 jobs Health care | 356 jobs Flex hours | 255 jobs Competitive pay | 221 jobs Equity / stock options | 215 jobs Insurance | 181 jobs Startup environment | 172 jobs Team events | 167 jobs Salary bonus | 157 jobs Flex vacation | 139 jobs Medical leave | 132 jobs Parental leave | 121 jobs 401(k) matching | 116 jobs Wellness | 91 jobs Conferences | 54 jobs Transparency | 42 jobs Fertility benefits | 39 jobs Relocation support | 34 jobs Fitness / gym | 22 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 22 jobs

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