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 184,800

✏️ This salary info is based on 335 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Architect salary lies between USD 133,600 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
335
Top 10%
$ 300,050
Top 25%
$ 235,900
Median
$ 184,800
Bottom 25%
$ 133,600
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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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 | 2664 jobs Engineering | 2131 jobs Python | 1881 jobs Machine Learning | 1700 jobs Security | 1649 jobs Azure | 1587 jobs AWS | 1586 jobs Computer Science | 1465 jobs SQL | 1321 jobs Pipelines | 1165 jobs GCP | 1074 jobs Data governance | 978 jobs ETL | 885 jobs Data management | 879 jobs Agile | 827 jobs Databricks | 820 jobs Big Data | 732 jobs Spark | 730 jobs Data quality | 719 jobs APIs | 717 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 | 2192 jobs Health care | 1096 jobs Flex hours | 797 jobs Competitive pay | 671 jobs Equity / stock options | 628 jobs Startup environment | 580 jobs Insurance | 550 jobs Team events | 506 jobs Salary bonus | 478 jobs Flex vacation | 445 jobs Medical leave | 396 jobs Parental leave | 359 jobs 401(k) matching | 308 jobs Wellness | 285 jobs Conferences | 171 jobs Transparency | 163 jobs Fertility benefits | 116 jobs Relocation support | 92 jobs Fitness / gym | 77 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 59 jobs

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