Performance Architect Salary in Madison, Wisconsin

How much does a Performance Architect make in Madison, WI?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Performance Architect in Madison, WI is $154,050. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $126,335 to a high of $185,417, with most professionals earning between $139,543 and $170,468.

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What does a Performance Architect do?

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Provides leadership with the design, development, implementation and maintenance of performance infrastructure (scripts, functions, programs, and processes) to increase the efficiency of testing processes.

December 30, 2022

Demonstrated experience in monitoring, analyzing and recommending solutions to performance problems in high-traffic, large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures.

April 18, 2023

Participate in microarchitecture exploration, performance modeling, and analysis for next-generation memory technologies, scalable interconnects, and quality-of-service.

November 28, 2022

Collaborate with Application Development, Business, Database teams to set up and configure system and application level performance monitors and identify performance improvement areas, and promote resolution of issues as a result of the testing process.

December 27, 2022

Understand the tradeoffs between general purpose and custom compute mechanisms, be able to model data-flows, and create detailed cost/benefit analysis.

February 17, 2023

Hands-on experience building, maintaining and/or operating grid computing clusters, high performance computing clusters and research data management systems.

March 26, 2023

Design and implement testing processes and Software Quality Assurance (SQA) methodologies necessary to deliver scalable, maintainable, and performance-free system(s) in an on-time and cost-effective manner.

May 05, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Performance Architect in Madison, WI

Average Base Salary

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139543

170468

154050

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

145131

185269

163232

What is the average salary for Performance Architect in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Performance Architect in Madison, WI. The base salary for Performance Architect ranges from $139,543 to $170,468 with the average base salary of $154,050. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $145,131 to $185,269 with the average total cash compensation of $163,232.

View Average Salary for Performance Architect as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$154,050	$139,543 - $170,468
Bonus	$9,182	$5,588 - $14,800
Total Pay	$163,232	$145,131 - $185,269

* 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.

Performance Architect Salary Near Madison, WI

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Madison, WI
CITY, STATE Janesville, WI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $136,781 - $167,094	COMPARE TO Madison, WI
CITY, STATE Rockford, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $136,427 - $166,662	COMPARE TO Madison, WI
CITY, STATE Waukesha, WI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $141,271 - $172,579	COMPARE TO Madison, WI
CITY, STATE Milwaukee, WI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $141,795 - $173,220	COMPARE TO Madison, WI
CITY, STATE Oshkosh, WI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $135,804 - $165,901	COMPARE TO Madison, WI
CITY, STATE Dubuque, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $133,693 - $163,322	COMPARE TO Madison, WI

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About Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is located in the center of Dane County in south-central Wisconsin, 77 miles (124 km) west of Milwaukee and 122 miles (196 km) northwest of Chicago. The city completely surrounds the smaller Town of Madison, the City of Monona, and the villages of Maple Bluff and Shorewood Hills. Madison shares borders with its largest suburb, Sun Prairie, and three other suburbs, Middleton, McFarland, and Fitchburg. Other suburbs include the city of Verona and the villages of Cottage Grove, DeForest, and Waunakee as well as Mount Horeb, Oregon, Stoughton, and Cross Plains among others. According to th...

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