Data Governance Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Governance Salary in 2025 is USD 155,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 136 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Governance salary lies between USD 114,700 and USD 213,390 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
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
136
Top 10%
$ 267,500
Top 25%
$ 213,390
Median
$ 155,000
Bottom 25%
$ 114,700
Bottom 10%
$ 73,600

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

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Data Governance roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Governance 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 | 991 jobs Data management | 701 jobs Data quality | 672 jobs Security | 389 jobs Privacy | 348 jobs Computer Science | 307 jobs Engineering | 294 jobs Architecture | 280 jobs SQL | 276 jobs Finance | 215 jobs Excel | 190 jobs Data analysis | 165 jobs Agile | 162 jobs Informatica | 161 jobs Data strategy | 156 jobs Consulting | 151 jobs Banking | 145 jobs Classification | 141 jobs KPIs | 141 jobs Power BI | 135 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Governance roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Governance 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 | 601 jobs Health care | 414 jobs Flex hours | 287 jobs Competitive pay | 241 jobs Insurance | 222 jobs Salary bonus | 180 jobs Team events | 171 jobs Medical leave | 171 jobs Parental leave | 170 jobs Equity / stock options | 162 jobs Flex vacation | 155 jobs Wellness | 136 jobs Startup environment | 123 jobs 401(k) matching | 89 jobs Transparency | 68 jobs Relocation support | 36 jobs Home office stipend | 19 jobs Flexible spending account | 18 jobs Travel | 12 jobs Gear | 12 jobs

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Data Governance @ $ 97,500 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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