Security Architect Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Architect Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 169,600
✏️ This salary info is based on 558 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Architect salary lies between USD 134,160 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.
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- Security Architect
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 558
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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 | 935 jobs Compliance | 696 jobs CISSP | 605 jobs Computer Science | 512 jobs NIST | 505 jobs AWS | 498 jobs Azure | 488 jobs Strategy | 469 jobs Vulnerabilities | 443 jobs Risk assessment | 364 jobs CISM | 334 jobs Risk management | 329 jobs ISO 27001 | 312 jobs IAM | 310 jobs GCP | 297 jobs Governance | 294 jobs Network security | 293 jobs Firewalls | 289 jobs Application security | 281 jobs Monitoring | 263 jobsTop 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 | 717 jobs Health care | 482 jobs Flex hours | 332 jobs Competitive pay | 246 jobs Equity / stock options | 238 jobs Team events | 231 jobs Insurance | 220 jobs Salary bonus | 198 jobs Flex vacation | 184 jobs Medical leave | 168 jobs Startup environment | 163 jobs Parental leave | 160 jobs Wellness | 136 jobs 401(k) matching | 102 jobs Conferences | 55 jobs Fitness / gym | 46 jobs Transparency | 40 jobs Relocation support | 34 jobs Flexible spending account | 28 jobs Gear | 22 jobsRelated salaries
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