Data Architect salary
What a data architect actually earns, from 377 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-26.
Switch the market above to see data architect pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A data architect earns a blended US median near 132,413 dollars, with the typical middle running from 112,801 dollars to 159,879 dollars. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 114,063 dollars to 128,301 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is data analyst, at 41 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open data architect roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Data Platform ArchitectBright Vision Technologies · United States$100k–$150kRemoteJul 25
- AWS Data ArchitectRandom Bit · United States$130k–$165kRemoteJul 23
Senior Data ArchitectScandiweb · Australia; Canada; Germany; India; Netherlands; Sweden; SwitRemoteJul 23
Staff Enterprise Data ArchitectOura · Remote - San Francisco, California$198k–$233kRemoteJul 13- Senior Data ArchitectBonneville Power Administration · Portland, Oregon$115k–$149kJul 10
- Principal Data ArchitectXebiacee · Bulgaria; Poland; RomaniaJul 7
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United Kingdom$75,993 – $120,487 · median $99,804
- United States$112,801 – $159,879 · median $132,413
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Quick answers
How much does a data architect make?
The blended US median is about 132,413 dollars, with a typical range from 112,801 dollars to 159,879 dollars.
Is data architect a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a data architect move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is data analyst, at 41 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code null. Live corpus 377 observations, 2026-07-26. Definitions in the glossary.