Chief Architect Salary in Everett, Washington

How much does a Chief Architect make in Everett, WA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Chief Architect in Everett, WA is $181,982. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $159,402 to $204,680, with most professionals earning between $138,845 and $225,345.

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What is a Chief Architect?

Chief Architect may refer to: Architecture Chief Dominion Architect Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands Software architect...

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Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with developing and reviewing security concept of operations, systems security plans, security control assessments, contingency plans, configuration management plans, incident response plans, plan of actions and milestones, risk management plans, vulnerability scanning, and/or vulnerability management plans.

September 28, 2022

Activities include creating a problem statement, defining operational requirements including integration with other systems or components, researching and modeling the system architecture and configuration, investigation alternatives, cost analysis and estimation, and decision analysis.

October 30, 2022

Supports USG security reviews, FISMA audits, OIG investigations, FOIA requests, customer leadership requests, IV&V, and/or quality assurance (QA) compliance assessments.

November 01, 2022

Design, build, maintain, document, and automate technical processes and operations using preferred cloud platform.

December 14, 2022

Develop high-level designs articulating the selected solutions into conceptual and logical designs for information technology solutions, capturing sufficient detail across application, data, and infrastructure domains to allow delivery teams to develop cost and work effort estimates.

January 02, 2023

Lead the triad team to completing a successful solution architecture review with theY3 Chief Architect by scheduling the review, leading the development of the presentation to include as-is and to-be architecture views, capturing liens and status from the review, and tracking completion of liens.

March 07, 2023

Understand all applicable performance standards and ensure that all Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are met or exceed so no monetary disincentive is levied against the contract.

March 12, 2023

Drives the development of frameworks, standards, policies, principles and procedures that guide data decisions and maximizes reuse of data with a focus on establishing data availability capabilities that are enthusiastically adopted and extended by data management teams.

April 30, 2023

Provides specific, detailed information for selection, implementation techniques, and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements, facility requirements (including floor layout, power & cooling, network connectivity), data storage, backup, monitoring, operations systems, directory services, identity management, access management, and automation.

May 06, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Chief Architect in Everett, WA

Average Base Salary

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159402

204680

181982

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

162870

210445

186710

What is the average salary for Chief Architect in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Chief Architect in Everett, WA. The base salary for Chief Architect ranges from $159,402 to $204,680 with the average base salary of $181,982. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $162,870 to $210,445 with the average total cash compensation of $186,710.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$181,982	$159,402 - $204,680
Bonus	$4,728	$3,468 - $5,765
Total Pay	$186,710	$162,870 - $210,445

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Chief Architect Salary Near Everett, WA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Everett, WA
CITY, STATE Marysville, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $159,402 - $204,680	COMPARE TO Everett, WA 0%
CITY, STATE Bellevue, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $161,639 - $207,552	COMPARE TO Everett, WA
CITY, STATE Seattle, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $161,639 - $207,552	COMPARE TO Everett, WA
CITY, STATE Kent, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $157,852 - $202,689	COMPARE TO Everett, WA
CITY, STATE Renton, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $161,479 - $207,346	COMPARE TO Everett, WA
CITY, STATE Bremerton, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $158,686 - $203,760	COMPARE TO Everett, WA

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About Everett, Washington

Everett is the county seat of and the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located 25 miles (40 km) north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and Puget Sound region. Everett is the seventh-largest city in Washington state and had a total population of 103,019 at the 2010 census. The city is located at the mouth of the Snohomish River along Port Gardner Bay, an inlet of Possession Sound (itself part of Puget Sound). American settlement on the Everett peninsula began in the 1860s, with several sawmills built to serve the area's growing ...

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