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 185,260

✏️ This salary info is based on 232 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 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
232
Top 10%
$ 303,140
Top 25%
$ 235,900
Median
$ 185,260
Bottom 25%
$ 130,000
Bottom 10%
$ 107,300

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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Architect Salary TrendYearly salary in USD - Region: United States - Experience: Senior-level / Expert$190,000$190,000$185,000$185,000$180,000$180,000$175,000$175,000$170,000$170,000$165,000$165,0002024202420252025
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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 | 1746 jobs Engineering | 1393 jobs Python | 1237 jobs Security | 1102 jobs Machine Learning | 1096 jobs AWS | 1035 jobs Azure | 1032 jobs Computer Science | 934 jobs SQL | 871 jobs Pipelines | 733 jobs GCP | 705 jobs Data governance | 637 jobs ETL | 580 jobs Data management | 568 jobs Agile | 539 jobs Databricks | 536 jobs Big Data | 517 jobs Spark | 506 jobs Data quality | 488 jobs Data pipelines | 444 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 | 1439 jobs Health care | 704 jobs Flex hours | 519 jobs Equity / stock options | 439 jobs Competitive pay | 419 jobs Insurance | 357 jobs Startup environment | 353 jobs Team events | 332 jobs Salary bonus | 315 jobs Flex vacation | 268 jobs Medical leave | 262 jobs Parental leave | 238 jobs 401(k) matching | 211 jobs Wellness | 193 jobs Conferences | 122 jobs Transparency | 100 jobs Fertility benefits | 87 jobs Relocation support | 55 jobs Fitness / gym | 51 jobs Gear | 32 jobs

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