Side-by-side distribution
Architect
$175,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 26.8%
- Live roles
- 10,551
Mason
$27.06/hr
per hour · USD
- Disclosing
- 56%
- Live roles
- 100
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Technical Architect, Product Management (AWS/Azure)
3P Systems Architect
Director, Solution Architect, AI-Native Engineering
Interconnect and Compute Architect
Datacenter Liquid Cooling Architect
Field Executive Architect
Performance Architect, CPU Cluster
Performance Modeling Architect
Lead Architect, Top Strategic Accounts
Hardware Systems Architect
Highest-paying jobs
Emergency Medicine Physician- Mason City, Iowa- $251/hr+ & $60,000 bonus package!
Emergency Medicine Nocturnist- Mason City, Iowa- $260/hour+ & $60,000 bonus package!
OB Hospitalist- Mason City, Iowa- $550k compensation package!
OBGYN- Physician- Mason City, Iowa- $400k+ income guarantee + $370k bonus package!
OBGYN (part-time)- Physician- Mason City, Iowa
Neurology- Physician- Mason City, Iowa- $100,000 bonus package!
Neurology - Physician - Mason City, Iowa - $100,000 bonus package!
Rheumatologist- Physician- Mason City, Iowa- $350k base + $120k bonus package!
Family Medicine- Physician- Mason City, Iowa- $150,000 bonus!
Family Medicine-Physician - Regency Clinic, Mason City, Iowa- $150,000 bonus!
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$162,000 | 102 |
Accenture
|
$180,350 | 86 |
Databricks
|
$213,750 | 76 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$169,700 | 57 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$165,275 | 54 |
|
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
|
$244,500 | 53 |
McKesson
|
$142,450 | 44 |
GDIT
|
$195,000 | 43 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Trinity Health
|
$290,000 | 22 |
CVS Health
|
$123,522 | 8 |
VitalHire
|
$131,560 | 3 |
Mariani Premier Group
|
$62,400 | 3 |
Greystar
|
$53,820 | 3 |
Dutch Bros
|
$26,000 | 3 |
U.S. Bank
|
$43,680 | 2 |
Five Below
|
$23,920 | 2 |
Architect salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $200,500 | 239 |
| Seattle | $187,922 | 131 |
| New York | $187,500 | 380 |
| Austin | $185,000 | 163 |
| Los Angeles | $180,350 | 116 |
| Chicago | $180,350 | 224 |
| Boston | $180,350 | 183 |
| Denver | $180,350 | 141 |
| Atlanta | $180,350 | 156 |
| London | $180,048 | 33 |
Architect vs Mason: which pays more?
The median for Architect is $175,000 per year (typically $142,400–$207,000), versus $27.06/hr for Mason ($20.25/hr–$55.46/hr). That puts Architect about 211% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Architect and Mason are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.