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 656 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Security Architect salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 211,370 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
- 656
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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 | 1075 jobs Compliance | 827 jobs CISSP | 714 jobs NIST | 595 jobs Computer Science | 592 jobs Azure | 583 jobs AWS | 582 jobs Strategy | 534 jobs Vulnerabilities | 501 jobs Risk assessment | 424 jobs Risk management | 380 jobs CISM | 378 jobs IAM | 376 jobs ISO 27001 | 368 jobs Governance | 353 jobs Firewalls | 348 jobs GCP | 342 jobs Network security | 339 jobs Application security | 328 jobs Monitoring | 320 jobsTop 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 | 829 jobs Health care | 555 jobs Flex hours | 382 jobs Competitive pay | 279 jobs Equity / stock options | 268 jobs Team events | 260 jobs Insurance | 256 jobs Salary bonus | 232 jobs Flex vacation | 216 jobs Medical leave | 191 jobs Parental leave | 185 jobs Startup environment | 181 jobs Wellness | 160 jobs 401(k) matching | 116 jobs Conferences | 59 jobs Fitness / gym | 52 jobs Transparency | 46 jobs Relocation support | 45 jobs Flexible spending account | 32 jobs Home office stipend | 26 jobsRelated salaries
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