How much does a Big Data Architect make in San Francisco, CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Big Data Architect in San Francisco, CA is $133,746. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $119,574 to $145,069, with most professionals earning between $106,671 and $155,378.

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Big Data Architect Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $106,671 San Francisco,CA April 01, 2025
25th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $119,574 San Francisco,CA April 01, 2025
50th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $133,746 San Francisco,CA April 01, 2025
75th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $145,069 San Francisco,CA April 01, 2025
90th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $155,378 San Francisco,CA April 01, 2025
25% $119,574 10% $106,671 90% $155,378 75% $145,069 $133,746 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What is a Big Data Architect ?

A data architect is a practitioner of data architecture, an information technology discipline concerned with designing, creating, deploying and managing an organization's data architecture. Data architects define how the data will be stored, consumed, integrated and managed by different data entities and IT systems, as well as any applications using or processing that data in some way. It is closely allied with business architecture and is considered to be one of the four domains of enterprise architecture....

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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Big Data Architect in San Francisco, CA. The base salary for Big Data Architect ranges from $119,574 to $145,069 with the average base salary of $133,746. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $119,574 to $145,069 with the average total cash compensation of $133,746.

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