# Solutions architect salary: $180,000–$247,500 a year

Every number below comes from 629 tracked live postings whose title matches "solutions architect". No surveys, no self-reports — listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured September 2026 · n=242 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median solutions architect posting offers $180,000–$247,500 a year (n=242).
- 46.1% of the 629 live postings matching "solutions architect" are remote.
- Level 4 solutions architects (building AI systems) list $184,000–$287,500, vs $168,000–$245,000 at Level 1.

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Junior | 1 | $125,000–$191,667 |
| Mid-level | 23 | $170,000–$241,500 |
| Senior | 175 | $180,000–$247,500 |
| Lead | 14 | $195,150–$289,688 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 109 | $180,000–$247,500 |
| On-site / hybrid | 133 | $184,000–$257,200 |

## Companies hiring solutions architects

- [Databricks](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/databricks) (176)
- [NVIDIA](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/nvidia) (141)
- [MongoDB](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/mongodb) (43)
- [Stripe](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/stripe) (29)
- [Elastic](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/elastic) (19)
- [GitLab](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/gitlab) (15)
- [ClickHouse](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/clickhouse) (12)
- [Datadog](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/datadog) (11)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "solutions architect", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 242 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page — below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market — do not cite as a national average.

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured September 2026. Small-n slices move a lot — read the n column first.

## Solutions architect salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median solutions architect salary?**

Across 242 live US postings for solutions architects with a listed USD salary, measured September 2026, the median offer is $180,000–$247,500 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many solutions architects jobs are remote?**

46.1% of the 242 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured September 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 36 postings are Level 4 (building AI systems) and 276 are Level 1 (AI is not the work). See the AI level breakdown below for the median in each band. Measured September 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/solutions-architect