Data Governance Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Governance Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 88,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 20 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Governance Specialist salary lies between USD 59,240 and USD 138,600 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 Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
20
Top 10%
$ 170,038
Top 25%
$ 138,600
Median
$ 88,000
Bottom 25%
$ 59,240
Bottom 10%
$ 51,789

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 Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Governance Specialist job listings are Data governance, Data quality and Data management. 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 | 50 jobs Data quality | 40 jobs Data management | 37 jobs Computer Science | 21 jobs Security | 20 jobs Privacy | 19 jobs SQL | 17 jobs Data analysis | 16 jobs Engineering | 15 jobs Architecture | 13 jobs Finance | 11 jobs Data Analytics | 10 jobs Classification | 10 jobs Informatica | 10 jobs Agile | 10 jobs Power BI | 9 jobs Research | 8 jobs Testing | 8 jobs Excel | 8 jobs KPIs | 8 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Governance Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Governance Specialist 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 | 25 jobs Health care | 15 jobs Flex hours | 14 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs Flex vacation | 7 jobs Team events | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs Paid sabbatical | 1 jobs

Related salaries

Data Governance Specialist @ $ 73,100 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Governance Specialist @ $ 101,461 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Governance Specialist @ $ 113,811 (United States) Details
Data Governance Specialist @ $ 101,700 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Governance Specialist @ $ 113,811 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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