Solutions Architect salary: $214K median
From 196 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$214Kmedian advertised salary
$175K – $220Kmiddle half of roles
$204Kaverage advertised salary
196roles counted
Solutions Architect salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $225K, 11% more than senior roles ($203K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $203K | $155K–$246K | 56 |
| Lead and above | $225K | $194K–$286K | 17 |
| No level in title | $214K | $178K–$214K | 123 |
Solutions Architect salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $216K | 38 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $214K | 184 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $214K | 36 |
| 🇺🇸California | $214K | 44 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $214K | 17 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Solutions Architect roles
All solutions architect jobs- Head of Solutions Architecture, StartupsVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$382K - $485KLeadJavaScriptReactNode.js
- Senior Director, Global SME Solutions ArchitectureGitLab · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$244K - $410KRemoteLeadGCPAzureLLM
- Principal Solutions Architect, Technology AlliancesPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$306K - $374KLeadKubernetes
- Director, Delivery Solutions Architects - Public SectorDatabricks · 🇺🇸Maryland; Virginia; Washington, D.C.$250K - $343KLeadMachine Learning
- Solutions ArchitectVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$190K - $340KTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Partner Solutions Architect - AWSAmplitude · Remote-NAMER$200K - $333KRemotePythonJavaScriptSQL
- Principal Partner Solutions ArchitectFivetran · 🇺🇸Remote, New York, United States, AMER$239K - $333KRemoteLeaddbt
- Solutions ArchitectBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KMachine LearningLLM
- Manager, Solutions ArchitectBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KDockerMachine LearningLLM
- Global Solutions ArchitectRubrik · 🇺🇸USA , Remote$208K - $324KRemotePythonTerraformGCP
- Senior Manager, Solution Architecture - Existing CustomersSanity · 🇺🇸New York City$267K - $305KRemoteSeniorFigmaShopify
- Director, Account Solutions ArchitectureCoreWeave · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$227K - $303KLeadTerraformGCPAzure
- Senior Solutions ArchitectDatabricks · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Phoenix…$219K - $301KSeniorPythonSQLSpark
- Staff Solutions Architect, Public SectorHarvey · 🇺🇸Washington DC$219K - $301KLeadAzureLLM
- Solutions Architect / Solutions Engineer- PaymentsAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - New York$200K - $300K
- Manager, Solution Architects- US EastStarburst · 🇺🇸United States$235K - $285K
- Consulting Field Solutions Architect, Cyber Resilience - SLED WestPure Storage · 🇺🇸Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; Phoenix, Arizo…$172K - $284K
- Senior Manager, Product Solutions ArchitectureDatadog · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Denver, Colorado, USA; New Yo…$211K - $281KSenior
- Staff Solutions Architect, AI Subject Matter ExpertGitLab · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$166K - $280KRemoteLeadCI/CDKubernetesAI
- Solutions ArchitectModal · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $280KPythonDockerTerraform
Questions about Solutions Architect pay
- What is the average Solutions Architect salary?
- $204K a year on average and $214K at the median, across 196 open Solutions Architect postings at tech 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 $175K to $220K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Solutions Architect pay?
- Baseten ($248K), Datadog ($225K), Pure Storage ($215K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- 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 Solutions Architect roles at tech companies is $214K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $175K to $220K. Counted from 196 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/solutions-architect/
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