Data Architect salary
What a data architect actually earns, from 575 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 2026-09-08.
Switch the market above to see data architect pay in the 4 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 137,337 dollars, with the typical middle running from 112,574 dollars to 168,933 dollars. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 113,556 dollars to 127,190 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 4% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is data analyst, at 40 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.
Senior Data Architect at AptiveUnited States · Remote2d agoApply
Senior Azure Data Architect / Data Lead (Insurance) at INSIGHT INTERNATIONAL (UK) LimitedHorsham, West Sussex3d agoApply
Data Architect at VDartUSA3d agoApply
Data Architect – SQL Database Assessment & Modernization at CloudiousUSA3d agoApply
Data Architect at PythianUnited States · Remote$160k–$200k4d agoApply
Data Architect at Newfire Global PartnersCroatia · Remote4d agoApply
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 States$112,574$137,337$168,933
- United Kingdom$85,742$111,561$141,946
- Canada$94,346$106,936$133,396
- Spain$88,553$98,714$124,845
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 9'949/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 25 Spezialisten in der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 119'388 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a data architect profile already covers.
- 600 open solutions architect roles$162,971 median · +$25,634 · 58% readiness
- 600 open data engineer roles$147,892 median · +$10,555 · 47% readiness
- 414 open ai engineer roles$141,460 median · +$4,123 · 22% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a data architect.
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Related salaries
- Data Analyst salary$100,650 median
- Product Analyst salary$101,131 median
- Data Engineer salary$147,892 median
Quick answers
How much does a data architect make?
The blended US median is about 137,337 dollars, with a typical range from 112,574 dollars to 168,933 dollars.
Is data architect a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 4% 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 40 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 575 observations, 2026-09-08. Definitions in the glossary.