Security Architect Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Security Architect Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 168,330

✏️ This salary info is based on 468 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Architect salary lies between USD 136,100 and USD 212,160 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
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
468
Top 10%
$ 261,100
Top 25%
$ 212,160
Median
$ 168,330
Bottom 25%
$ 136,100
Bottom 10%
$ 108,900

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 Security Architect roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with 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 | 786 jobs Compliance | 592 jobs CISSP | 499 jobs Computer Science | 437 jobs NIST | 424 jobs Azure | 415 jobs AWS | 412 jobs Strategy | 388 jobs Vulnerabilities | 381 jobs Risk assessment | 298 jobs CISM | 286 jobs Risk management | 283 jobs ISO 27001 | 268 jobs Governance | 255 jobs Network security | 250 jobs IAM | 250 jobs GCP | 249 jobs Firewalls | 242 jobs Application security | 225 jobs Monitoring | 221 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Architect roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with 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 | 604 jobs Health care | 407 jobs Flex hours | 280 jobs Competitive pay | 215 jobs Team events | 209 jobs Equity / stock options | 205 jobs Insurance | 190 jobs Salary bonus | 164 jobs Flex vacation | 154 jobs Medical leave | 144 jobs Parental leave | 133 jobs Startup environment | 132 jobs Wellness | 115 jobs 401(k) matching | 88 jobs Conferences | 48 jobs Fitness / gym | 42 jobs Transparency | 31 jobs Relocation support | 28 jobs Flexible spending account | 28 jobs Gear | 19 jobs

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