Information architecture salary: $193K median
The median advertised Information architecture salary is $193K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $172K to $222K: counted from 87 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $93 an hour or $16,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $270K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Information architecture jobs
$193Kmedian advertised salary
$172K – $222Kmiddle half of roles
$201Kaverage advertised salary
87roles counted
Information architecture salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $203K, 7% more than senior roles ($190K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $190K | $172K–$212K | 33 |
| Lead and above | $203K | $185K–$230K | 31 |
| No level in the title | $184K | $140K–$222K | 22 |
Information architecture salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $212K | 33 |
| 🇺🇸California | $198K | 41 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $193K | 85 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $193K | 19 |
Skills that pay more for Information architecture roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM | $227K | +$34K | 10 |
| AI agents | $214K | +$22K | 13 |
| Interaction design | $195K | +$2K | 36 |
| HTML | $194K | +$2K | 9 |
| Figma | $194K | +$2K | 28 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Roblox | $294K | 3 |
| Airwallex | $185K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Information architecture roles
All Information architecture jobs- Research Engineer, Knowledge TeamAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$350K - $850KRemotePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Director of Design, Search & FeedsReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$317K - $444KRemoteLead and aboveInteraction designInformation architecture
- Software Engineer, Context EngineSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior / Staff Product Manager, Patient Home ExperienceHeadway · Remote$221K - $332KRemoteLead and aboveInformation architectureLifecycle marketingReconciliations
- Senior Data Scientist - Consumer FrontendRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$264K - $323KSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Product Designer, Consumer AppRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$271K - $323KSeniorFigmaA/B testingInteraction design
- Web Strategist LeadOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$287K - $318KHybridLead and aboveInformation architectureWireframingContent marketing
- Product Designer, Engineering AccelerationOpenAI · 🇺🇸Seattle$245K - $310KHybridObservabilityInteraction designInformation architecture
- Product Manager, Figma Pattern LibraryFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$169K - $303KLLMDesign systemsInformation architecture
- Content DesignerPerplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$240K - $300KLLMLLM evaluationPrompt engineering
- Staff Product DesignerRender · 🇺🇸Remote: United States$218K - $300KRemoteLead and aboveLLMCI/CDAI agents
- Director, Web MarketingDatabricks · 🇺🇸United States$172K - $296KLead and aboveSEOAI agentsInformation architecture
- Senior Product Design Manager - Business Banking & InvestmentsMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$229K - $286KRemoteSeniorVisual designInteraction designTypography
- Principal Product DesignerFivetran · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States, AMER$224K - $280KLead and aboveSQLdbtUser research
- Director of DesignPropel · 🇺🇸USA$240K - $280KRemoteLead and aboveLLMFigmaHTML
- System DesignerApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$170K - $275KDesign systemsVisual designInteraction design
- Staff Product Manager, Growth (Corporate Site)Airwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$190K - $270KHybridLead and aboveSEOA/B testingInformation architecture
- Brand Designer, WebFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$127K - $269KDesign systemsVisual designInformation architecture
- Senior Staff Product Manager, SpacesHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$178K - $266KHybridLead and aboveAI agentsInformation architecture
- Product Manager, DashboardVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco$172K - $258KHybridCI/CDInformation architecture
Questions about Information architecture pay
- What is the average Information architecture salary?
- $201K a year on average and $193K at the median, across 87 open Information architecture postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $172K to $222K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Information architecture pay?
- Roblox ($294K), Airwallex ($185K), Anduril Industries ($172K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an information architecture a high-paying job?
- The median Information architecture posting advertises $193K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 11% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an information architecture?
- A tenth of the postings offer $270K a year or more; the highest open Information architecture role advertises up to $850K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Information architecture salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $193K a year is about $93 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $82 to $107 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Information architecture roles?
- Postings that ask for LLM (+$34K, 10 postings), AI agents (+$22K, 13 postings), Interaction design (+$2K, 36 postings) advertise more than the $193K median of all Information architecture postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Information architecture roles at companies is $193K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $172K to $222K. Counted from 87 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/information-architecture/
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