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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Solutions Architect in United States during 2025 is USD 186,875

✏️ This salary info is based on 193 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Solutions Architect salary lies between USD 150,143 and USD 234,000 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
Solutions Architect
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
193
Top 10%
$ 263,000
Top 25%
$ 234,000
Median
$ 186,875
Bottom 25%
$ 150,143
Bottom 10%
$ 129,400

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 Solutions Architect roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Solutions Architect job listings are Cloud, CISSP and Compliance. 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 | 198 jobs CISSP | 163 jobs Compliance | 135 jobs Azure | 114 jobs AWS | 113 jobs Computer Science | 95 jobs Strategy | 92 jobs Clearance | 83 jobs NIST | 81 jobs GCP | 72 jobs Governance | 70 jobs SIEM | 63 jobs Automation | 62 jobs DevSecOps | 55 jobs C | 50 jobs Python | 50 jobs IAM | 49 jobs Agile | 48 jobs Incident response | 46 jobs APIs | 46 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Solutions Architect job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 184 jobs Health care | 115 jobs Competitive pay | 104 jobs Flex hours | 80 jobs Medical leave | 79 jobs Team events | 78 jobs Flex vacation | 69 jobs Insurance | 68 jobs Equity / stock options | 67 jobs Startup environment | 64 jobs Parental leave | 58 jobs 401(k) matching | 49 jobs Wellness | 44 jobs Salary bonus | 44 jobs Conferences | 15 jobs Gear | 12 jobs Relocation support | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs

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