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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Architect in United States during 2025 is USD 174,500

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Architect salary lies between USD 140,000 and USD 220,000 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
Data Architect
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
18
Top 10%
$ 228,000
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 174,500
Bottom 25%
$ 140,000
Bottom 10%
$ 102,400

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 Data Architect roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Architect job listings are Architecture, SQL and Security. 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 | 62 jobs SQL | 47 jobs Security | 47 jobs Python | 41 jobs Data governance | 40 jobs AWS | 39 jobs Engineering | 38 jobs Azure | 36 jobs Data management | 36 jobs Data quality | 35 jobs Computer Science | 31 jobs ETL | 29 jobs GCP | 29 jobs Snowflake | 29 jobs Privacy | 27 jobs Databricks | 26 jobs Data warehouse | 26 jobs Pipelines | 25 jobs Kafka | 24 jobs Big Data | 23 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Architect roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Architect job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. 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 | 45 jobs Health care | 32 jobs Insurance | 21 jobs 401(k) matching | 17 jobs Fertility benefits | 17 jobs Wellness | 15 jobs Flex hours | 11 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 jobs Team events | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 6 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs

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