How much does a Big Data Architect make in Boston, MA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Big Data Architect in Boston, MA is $119,439. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $106,783 to $129,551, with most professionals earning between $95,260 and $138,757.

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Big Data Architect Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $95,260 Boston,MA April 01, 2025
25th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $106,783 Boston,MA April 01, 2025
50th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $119,439 Boston,MA April 01, 2025
75th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $129,551 Boston,MA April 01, 2025
90th Percentile Big Data Architect Salary $138,757 Boston,MA April 01, 2025
25% $106,783 10% $95,260 90% $138,757 75% $129,551 $119,439 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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