Data Governance Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Data Governance Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 187,100

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Governance salary lies between USD 130,000 and USD 213,390 in the United States. 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
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 254,700
Top 25%
$ 213,390
Median
$ 187,100
Bottom 25%
$ 130,000
Bottom 10%
$ 115,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 150 jobs Data management | 113 jobs Data quality | 103 jobs Security | 60 jobs Privacy | 50 jobs Engineering | 41 jobs SQL | 32 jobs Excel | 32 jobs Finance | 31 jobs Architecture | 31 jobs Computer Science | 31 jobs Informatica | 24 jobs Data strategy | 23 jobs Consulting | 22 jobs Banking | 21 jobs Testing | 20 jobs Azure | 19 jobs Classification | 19 jobs Power BI | 18 jobs KPIs | 18 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 | 95 jobs Health care | 65 jobs Flex hours | 47 jobs Competitive pay | 40 jobs Insurance | 38 jobs Medical leave | 32 jobs Flex vacation | 30 jobs Salary bonus | 30 jobs Team events | 26 jobs Parental leave | 22 jobs Equity / stock options | 21 jobs Wellness | 19 jobs Startup environment | 19 jobs Transparency | 14 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 3 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs

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