Data Governance Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Data Governance Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 165,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 162 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Governance salary lies between USD 122,000 and USD 213,480 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.
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- Data Governance
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- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 162
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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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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 | 1256 jobs Data management | 888 jobs Data quality | 850 jobs Security | 500 jobs Privacy | 450 jobs Computer Science | 383 jobs Engineering | 367 jobs SQL | 356 jobs Architecture | 353 jobs Finance | 264 jobs Excel | 240 jobs Informatica | 210 jobs Data strategy | 202 jobs Data analysis | 200 jobs Agile | 199 jobs Classification | 188 jobs Banking | 186 jobs KPIs | 183 jobs Consulting | 180 jobs Python | 171 jobsTop 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 | 757 jobs Health care | 527 jobs Flex hours | 353 jobs Competitive pay | 298 jobs Insurance | 278 jobs Salary bonus | 227 jobs Medical leave | 209 jobs Parental leave | 208 jobs Team events | 205 jobs Equity / stock options | 200 jobs Flex vacation | 189 jobs Wellness | 173 jobs Startup environment | 151 jobs 401(k) matching | 105 jobs Transparency | 83 jobs Relocation support | 42 jobs Flexible spending account | 21 jobs Home office stipend | 20 jobs Gear | 16 jobs Fitness / gym | 16 jobsRelated salaries
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