# Solutions architect salary: $169,000–$239,000 a year

Every number below comes from 1,115 tracked live postings whose title matches "solutions architect". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=493 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median solutions architect posting offers $169,000–$239,000 a year (n=493).
- 36.1% of the 1,115 live postings matching "solutions architect" are remote.
- Builds AI (AI Level 4) solutions architects list $184,000–$287,500, vs $153,600–$207,800 at Little AI (AI Level 1).

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 2 | $150,800–$215,334 |
| Mid-level | 45 | $150,000–$196,500 |
| Senior | 366 | $169,000–$239,000 |
| Lead | 35 | $197,100–$270,975 |

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

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 161 | $176,600–$247,500 |
| On-site / hybrid | 332 | $161,250–$235,750 |

## Companies hiring solutions architects

- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (418)
- [Databricks](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/databricks) (184)
- [NVIDIA](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/nvidia) (119)
- [Stripe](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/stripe) (34)
- [MongoDB](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/mongodb) (32)
- [Elastic](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/elastic) (21)
- [GitLab](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/gitlab) (16)
- [Hewlett Packard Enterprise](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/hewlett-packard-enterprise) (11)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "solutions architect", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 493 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 Do not cite as a national average.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 November 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 493 live US postings for solutions architects with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $169,000–$239,000 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

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

36.1% of the 493 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

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

In this sample, 34 postings build AI and 500 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

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

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/solutions-architect. Measured November 2026.

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