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 164,225
✏️ This salary info is based on 742 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Architect salary lies between USD 128,600 and USD 200,000 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.
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- Data Architect
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 742
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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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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, Security and Engineering. 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 | 1843 jobs Security | 1261 jobs Engineering | 1253 jobs SQL | 1214 jobs Data governance | 1133 jobs AWS | 1098 jobs Azure | 1090 jobs ETL | 972 jobs Data management | 943 jobs Python | 896 jobs Computer Science | 879 jobs Data quality | 863 jobs Pipelines | 855 jobs GCP | 668 jobs Databricks | 666 jobs Snowflake | 659 jobs Machine Learning | 650 jobs Agile | 591 jobs Data Warehousing | 569 jobs Privacy | 563 jobsTop 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 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 | 1323 jobs Health care | 793 jobs Flex hours | 524 jobs Competitive pay | 453 jobs Insurance | 403 jobs Startup environment | 321 jobs Equity / stock options | 319 jobs Flex vacation | 316 jobs Team events | 305 jobs Salary bonus | 274 jobs 401(k) matching | 252 jobs Medical leave | 230 jobs Parental leave | 227 jobs Wellness | 211 jobs Fertility benefits | 95 jobs Transparency | 87 jobs Fitness / gym | 68 jobs Conferences | 55 jobs Flexible spending account | 44 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 44 jobsRelated salaries
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