Security Architect salary
5 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for security architect roles at mid level across the United States: 70 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $150,000 and $205,518, with a median of $173,500.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $173,500 and senior $190,350. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 10% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 2 of the 5 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Security Architect pay by specialization
Security Engineering 42Application & Product Security 2
Live security architect roles by security function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
5 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $150,000 – $205,518 | $173,500 | 70 |
| Canada · country-wide | Mid | CA$137,688 – CA$157,500 | CA$144,065 | 8hint |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $169,156 – $213,453 | $190,350 | 48 |
| Remote · United States | Mid | $147,719 – $216,250 | $183,030 | 10 |
| Remote · United States | Senior | $169,208 – $195,000 | $173,285 | 9hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Pay by market
1 pageOpen security architect roles · 17 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $130,000–$242,400scale $70,000–$340,000