Data Governance Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Data Governance Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 165,354

✏️ This salary info is based on 108 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Governance salary lies between USD 119,400 and USD 214,900 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
108
Top 10%
$ 267,500
Top 25%
$ 214,900
Median
$ 165,354
Bottom 25%
$ 119,400
Bottom 10%
$ 90,064

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 | 820 jobs Data management | 571 jobs Data quality | 554 jobs Security | 323 jobs Privacy | 293 jobs Computer Science | 254 jobs Engineering | 246 jobs Architecture | 227 jobs SQL | 223 jobs Finance | 186 jobs Excel | 156 jobs Data analysis | 139 jobs Informatica | 128 jobs Data strategy | 128 jobs Agile | 127 jobs Banking | 124 jobs Classification | 122 jobs Consulting | 121 jobs KPIs | 114 jobs Python | 110 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 | 487 jobs Health care | 333 jobs Flex hours | 241 jobs Competitive pay | 191 jobs Insurance | 177 jobs Salary bonus | 149 jobs Team events | 142 jobs Medical leave | 139 jobs Parental leave | 138 jobs Equity / stock options | 131 jobs Flex vacation | 123 jobs Wellness | 112 jobs Startup environment | 99 jobs 401(k) matching | 72 jobs Transparency | 58 jobs Relocation support | 28 jobs Flexible spending account | 17 jobs Home office stipend | 15 jobs Fitness / gym | 12 jobs Conferences | 11 jobs

Related salaries

Data Governance @ $ 178,300 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Governance @ $ 58,011 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Governance @ $ 100,000 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Governance @ $ 168,344 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Governance @ $ 148,850 (global) Details
Data Governance @ $ 171,880 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Governance @ $ 58,236 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Governance @ $ 178,300 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Governance @ $ 112,200 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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