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 523 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
523
Top 10%
$ 287,500
Top 25%
$ 227,950
Median
$ 184,000
Bottom 25%
$ 135,000
Bottom 10%
$ 108,900

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 | 3903 jobs Engineering | 3146 jobs Python | 2705 jobs Machine Learning | 2488 jobs Security | 2438 jobs AWS | 2332 jobs Azure | 2329 jobs Computer Science | 2129 jobs SQL | 1881 jobs Pipelines | 1768 jobs GCP | 1592 jobs Data governance | 1378 jobs ETL | 1257 jobs Data management | 1196 jobs Agile | 1190 jobs Databricks | 1173 jobs APIs | 1121 jobs Big Data | 1014 jobs Spark | 1007 jobs Data quality | 1001 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 | 3165 jobs Health care | 1593 jobs Flex hours | 1109 jobs Competitive pay | 964 jobs Equity / stock options | 924 jobs Startup environment | 846 jobs Insurance | 779 jobs Team events | 704 jobs Salary bonus | 698 jobs Flex vacation | 638 jobs Medical leave | 522 jobs Parental leave | 510 jobs 401(k) matching | 444 jobs Wellness | 428 jobs Transparency | 231 jobs Conferences | 229 jobs Relocation support | 152 jobs Fertility benefits | 150 jobs Fitness / gym | 107 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 89 jobs

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