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 184,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 413 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Architect salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 227,950 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
413
Top 10%
$ 291,000
Top 25%
$ 227,950
Median
$ 184,000
Bottom 25%
$ 135,000
Bottom 10%
$ 108,400

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 | 3188 jobs Engineering | 2559 jobs Python | 2235 jobs Machine Learning | 2027 jobs Security | 1992 jobs AWS | 1901 jobs Azure | 1899 jobs Computer Science | 1734 jobs SQL | 1569 jobs Pipelines | 1412 jobs GCP | 1290 jobs Data governance | 1167 jobs ETL | 1064 jobs Data management | 1035 jobs Agile | 993 jobs Databricks | 967 jobs Data quality | 864 jobs APIs | 861 jobs Big Data | 854 jobs Spark | 848 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 | 2608 jobs Health care | 1299 jobs Flex hours | 926 jobs Competitive pay | 797 jobs Equity / stock options | 732 jobs Startup environment | 682 jobs Insurance | 647 jobs Team events | 584 jobs Salary bonus | 555 jobs Flex vacation | 531 jobs Medical leave | 446 jobs Parental leave | 416 jobs 401(k) matching | 361 jobs Wellness | 354 jobs Conferences | 199 jobs Transparency | 188 jobs Fertility benefits | 138 jobs Relocation support | 112 jobs Fitness / gym | 89 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 72 jobs

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