Performance Architect Salary in Raleigh, North Carolina

How much does a Performance Architect make in Raleigh, NC?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Performance Architect in Raleigh, NC is $153,503. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $125,887 to a high of $184,758, with most professionals earning between $139,047 and $169,863.

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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 Raleigh, NC

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

139047

169863

153503

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

144616

184611

162652

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 Raleigh, NC. The base salary for Performance Architect ranges from $139,047 to $169,863 with the average base salary of $153,503. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $144,616 to $184,611 with the average total cash compensation of $162,652.

View Average Salary for Performance Architect as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$153,503	$139,047 - $169,863
Bonus	$9,150	$5,568 - $14,748
Total Pay	$162,652	$144,616 - $184,611

* 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 Raleigh, NC

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Raleigh, NC
CITY, STATE Cary, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $139,047 - $169,863	COMPARE TO Raleigh, NC 0%
CITY, STATE Durham, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $138,070 - $168,669	COMPARE TO Raleigh, NC
CITY, STATE Chapel Hill, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $136,314 - $166,523	COMPARE TO Raleigh, NC
CITY, STATE Wilson, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $138,056 - $168,652	COMPARE TO Raleigh, NC
CITY, STATE Rocky Mount, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $138,056 - $168,652	COMPARE TO Raleigh, NC
CITY, STATE Burlington, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $131,243 - $160,329	COMPARE TO Raleigh, NC

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About Raleigh, North Carolina

According to the United States Census Bureau, Raleigh occupies a total area of 144.0 square miles (373.0 km2), of which 142 square miles (369 km2) is land and 0.97 square miles (2.5 km2), or 0.76%, is covered by water. The Neuse River flows through the northeast end of the city. Raleigh is located in the northeast central region of North Carolina, where the Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet. This area is known as the "fall line" because it marks the elevation inland at which waterfalls begin to appear in creeks and rivers. As a result, most of Raleigh features gently rolling hil...

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