Chief Architect Salary in Chicago, Illinois

How much does a Chief Architect make in Chicago, IL?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Chief Architect in Chicago, IL is $174,934. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $153,221 to $196,742, with most professionals earning between $133,451 and $216,597.

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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 Chicago, IL

Average Base Salary

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179468

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 Chicago, IL. The base salary for Chief Architect ranges from $153,221 to $196,742 with the average base salary of $174,934. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $156,547 to $202,269 with the average total cash compensation of $179,468.

View Average Salary for Chief Architect as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$174,934	$153,221 - $196,742
Bonus	$4,534	$3,326 - $5,527
Total Pay	$179,468	$156,547 - $202,269

* 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 Chicago, IL

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Cicero, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $154,082 - $197,849	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Park, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $154,082 - $197,849	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Lawn, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $153,907 - $197,624	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Evanston, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $154,024 - $197,774	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Skokie, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $154,024 - $197,774	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Arlington Heights, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $150,575 - $193,345	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL

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About Chicago, Illinois

Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen), locally also /-ˈkɔː-/), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois, as well as the third most populous city in the United States. With an estimated population of 2,716,450 (2017), it is the most populous city in the Midwest. Chicago is the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, and the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States. The metropolitan area, at nearly 10 million people, is the third-largest in the United States, and the fourth largest in North A...

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