Data Governance Lead Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Governance Lead Salary in 2025 is USD 136,219

✏️ This salary info is based on 74 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Governance Lead salary lies between USD 108,200 and USD 170,760 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Data Governance Lead
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
74
Top 10%
$ 239,200
Top 25%
$ 170,760
Median
$ 136,219
Bottom 25%
$ 108,200
Bottom 10%
$ 75,768

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Data Governance Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Governance Lead job listings are Data governance, Data management and Data quality. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Data governance | 127 jobs Data management | 102 jobs Data quality | 102 jobs Security | 52 jobs Privacy | 52 jobs Computer Science | 37 jobs Architecture | 35 jobs Data strategy | 34 jobs Engineering | 32 jobs KPIs | 27 jobs Finance | 26 jobs SQL | 25 jobs Informatica | 19 jobs Azure | 18 jobs Classification | 18 jobs Agile | 17 jobs Consulting | 16 jobs Research | 15 jobs Testing | 14 jobs AWS | 12 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Governance Lead roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Governance Lead job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 68 jobs Health care | 50 jobs Flex hours | 32 jobs Competitive pay | 32 jobs Insurance | 28 jobs Salary bonus | 24 jobs Parental leave | 19 jobs Startup environment | 18 jobs Equity / stock options | 17 jobs Medical leave | 17 jobs 401(k) matching | 15 jobs Team events | 14 jobs Transparency | 13 jobs Flex vacation | 12 jobs Wellness | 11 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Yoga | 2 jobs Pet friendly | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs

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