Performance Architect Salary in Seattle, Washington

How much does a Performance Architect make in Seattle, WA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Performance Architect in Seattle, WA is $172,845. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $141,749 to a high of $208,039, with most professionals earning between $156,568 and $191,267.

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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 Seattle, WA

Average Base Salary

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156568

191267

172845

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

162838

207873

183148

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 Seattle, WA. The base salary for Performance Architect ranges from $156,568 to $191,267 with the average base salary of $172,845. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $162,838 to $207,873 with the average total cash compensation of $183,148.

View Average Salary for Performance Architect as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$172,845	$156,568 - $191,267
Bonus	$10,303	$6,270 - $16,606
Total Pay	$183,148	$162,838 - $207,873

* 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 Seattle, WA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Kent, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $152,900 - $186,785	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Bellevue, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $156,568 - $191,267	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA 0%
CITY, STATE Renton, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $156,412 - $191,076	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Federal Way, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $153,197 - $187,149	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Auburn, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $153,197 - $187,149	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA
CITY, STATE Bremerton, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $153,707 - $187,771	COMPARE TO Seattle, WA

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About Seattle, Washington

Seattle (/siˈætəl/ (listen) see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 730,000 residents as of 2018[update], Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. According to U.S. Census data released in 2018, the Seattle metropolitan area’s population stands at 3.87 million, and ranks as the 15th largest in the United States. In July 2013, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States and remained in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual...

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