Security Architect Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Security Architect Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 170,380

✏️ This salary info is based on 184 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Architect salary lies between USD 136,000 and USD 212,200 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
184
Top 10%
$ 265,200
Top 25%
$ 212,200
Median
$ 170,380
Bottom 25%
$ 136,000
Bottom 10%
$ 104,650

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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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 | 321 jobs Compliance | 253 jobs CISSP | 199 jobs Azure | 176 jobs NIST | 170 jobs Computer Science | 170 jobs AWS | 168 jobs Strategy | 165 jobs Vulnerabilities | 158 jobs Risk assessment | 122 jobs Risk management | 111 jobs GCP | 111 jobs Governance | 109 jobs CISM | 107 jobs ISO 27001 | 104 jobs IAM | 103 jobs Monitoring | 96 jobs Application security | 94 jobs Network security | 92 jobs Firewalls | 92 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 | 253 jobs Health care | 162 jobs Flex hours | 116 jobs Competitive pay | 90 jobs Insurance | 87 jobs Equity / stock options | 84 jobs Team events | 75 jobs Flex vacation | 65 jobs Medical leave | 59 jobs Salary bonus | 58 jobs Parental leave | 53 jobs Startup environment | 50 jobs Wellness | 49 jobs 401(k) matching | 31 jobs Fitness / gym | 17 jobs Transparency | 16 jobs Flexible spending account | 13 jobs Conferences | 12 jobs Relocation support | 11 jobs Gear | 10 jobs

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