IT Architekt:in Salary
Also referred to as:
- IT Architect
- IT Architekt
- Enterprise Architect
Full-time gross salary
Based on 290 salaries
Ø 83.400 €
Average salary
59.900 €122.200 €
Last time recalculated on 20. Mai 2026
What is the salary for a IT Architekt:in in Germany? On average, you can earn 83.400 € gross annually, based on 290 collected salary information from kununu users. This equals approximately 6.950 € per month (assuming 12 monthly payments). Salaries typically range between 59.900 € and 122.200 € annually. Your actual income as a IT Architekt:in will depend on your industry, work experience, and location.
IT Architekt:in Salary according to work experience
The starting salary as a IT Architekt:in with less than 3 years of professional experience is on average 67.200 € gross per year.
After 10 years of professional experience, IT Architekt:in professionals earn on average 67.200 € gross per year.
People Management and Salary
At the start of your career as a IT Architekt:in (with less than 3 years of work experience), you can expect an average salary of around 66.800 € gross per year without managerial responsibilities, and 75.500 € with managerial responsibilities.
After 10 years of work experience, your salary increases: An experienced IT Architekt:in without managerial responsibility earns an average of 89.400 €. With managerial responsibility, it is around 96.600 € gross per year.
Possible jobs for your next career step
The next career step as a IT Architekt:in with the highest salary is the position of Softwarearchitekt:in, with an average annual gross salary of 75.600 €. According to kununu statistics, when a IT Architekt:in changes careers, most of them 10.3% choose the position of Softwarearchitekt:in. The job with the most open positions, into which a IT Architekt:in frequently transitions, is the role of IT Spezialist:in. Currently, there are 4.227 open positions in this field.
FAQ
- • The average annual salary as a IT Architekt:in is 83.400 € gross.
• With 12 salaries, this corresponds to a monthly gross salary of 6.950 €.
• As a IT Architekt:in, you can earn on average a minimum of 59.900 € and a maximum of 122.200 € per year.
• The majority of the salary data range between 72.360 € and 84.820 € gross per year. - The net salary as a IT Architekt:in in Germany depends on various factors, including
Tax class
•State
• Social security contributions and
• personal circumstances.
On average, about 35-40% is deducted from the gross salary. This means that with a gross salary of 6.950 € per month, the net salary as IT Architekt:in is approximately between 4.170 € and 4.518 €.
For an accurate calculation that takes into account your individual factors, we recommend using the kununu gross-to-net calculator. - According to our kununu salary data, as a IT Architekt:in with less than three years of experience, you can expect an average starting salary of 67.200 € gross per year. This corresponds to a monthly salary of 4.800 € (based on 12 monthly payments).
- According to our kununu salary data, as a IT Architekt:in with 10 years of experience, you can expect an average salary of 91.100 € gross per year – this corresponds to approximately 6.507 € gross per month (based on 12 monthly payments).
- If you take on managerial responsibilities as a IT Architekt:in in Germany, your salary increases on average by 12%. This means an average annual salary of 85.200 € gross, while colleagues without managerial responsibilities earn an average of 76.125 € gross.
Holding a leading position comes with significant benefits from the added responsibility.
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