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 171,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 314 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Architect salary lies between USD 136,100 and USD 218,657 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
314
Top 10%
$ 265,200
Top 25%
$ 218,657
Median
$ 171,000
Bottom 25%
$ 136,100
Bottom 10%
$ 109,200

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 | 577 jobs Compliance | 431 jobs CISSP | 373 jobs Computer Science | 330 jobs Azure | 303 jobs AWS | 302 jobs NIST | 299 jobs Vulnerabilities | 294 jobs Strategy | 288 jobs Risk assessment | 220 jobs CISM | 210 jobs Risk management | 209 jobs ISO 27001 | 189 jobs Network security | 187 jobs Governance | 187 jobs GCP | 185 jobs IAM | 179 jobs Firewalls | 168 jobs Monitoring | 167 jobs Application security | 164 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 | 454 jobs Health care | 291 jobs Flex hours | 210 jobs Competitive pay | 154 jobs Team events | 148 jobs Equity / stock options | 144 jobs Insurance | 141 jobs Salary bonus | 119 jobs Flex vacation | 118 jobs Medical leave | 100 jobs Startup environment | 98 jobs Parental leave | 92 jobs Wellness | 85 jobs 401(k) matching | 58 jobs Fitness / gym | 39 jobs Conferences | 34 jobs Transparency | 25 jobs Relocation support | 20 jobs Flexible spending account | 20 jobs Gear | 14 jobs

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