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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Architect in United States during 2025 is USD 170,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 738 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Architect salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 210,000 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
Security Architect
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
738
Top 10%
$ 259,600
Top 25%
$ 210,000
Median
$ 170,000
Bottom 25%
$ 135,000
Bottom 10%
$ 107,400

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 Security Architect roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Architect job listings are Cloud, Compliance and CISSP. 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:

Cloud | 1212 jobs Compliance | 918 jobs CISSP | 801 jobs AWS | 665 jobs Azure | 661 jobs NIST | 661 jobs Computer Science | 654 jobs Strategy | 586 jobs Vulnerabilities | 556 jobs Risk assessment | 468 jobs Risk management | 425 jobs IAM | 423 jobs CISM | 420 jobs ISO 27001 | 404 jobs Governance | 396 jobs Firewalls | 388 jobs GCP | 388 jobs Network security | 385 jobs Application security | 364 jobs Monitoring | 359 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security 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 | 928 jobs Health care | 624 jobs Flex hours | 429 jobs Competitive pay | 312 jobs Equity / stock options | 286 jobs Team events | 284 jobs Insurance | 281 jobs Salary bonus | 256 jobs Flex vacation | 239 jobs Medical leave | 208 jobs Parental leave | 205 jobs Startup environment | 204 jobs Wellness | 173 jobs 401(k) matching | 135 jobs Conferences | 71 jobs Fitness / gym | 56 jobs Relocation support | 54 jobs Transparency | 51 jobs Flexible spending account | 40 jobs Home office stipend | 32 jobs

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