Data Lead Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Lead Salary in 2025 is USD 144,700

✏️ This salary info is based on 190 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Lead salary lies between USD 88,607 and USD 172,080 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 Lead
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
190
Top 10%
$ 237,600
Top 25%
$ 172,080
Median
$ 144,700
Bottom 25%
$ 88,607
Bottom 10%
$ 67,656

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 Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Lead job listings are Data management, Data quality and Data governance. 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 management | 171 jobs Data quality | 160 jobs Data governance | 157 jobs SQL | 139 jobs Engineering | 110 jobs Security | 105 jobs Architecture | 103 jobs Python | 95 jobs Data analysis | 80 jobs Computer Science | 80 jobs Testing | 76 jobs Finance | 74 jobs Data strategy | 74 jobs Pipelines | 71 jobs Privacy | 66 jobs Statistics | 65 jobs ETL | 64 jobs Research | 63 jobs Data Analytics | 61 jobs Snowflake | 58 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Lead roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Lead job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 204 jobs Health care | 157 jobs Competitive pay | 106 jobs Insurance | 98 jobs Flex hours | 95 jobs Salary bonus | 76 jobs Equity / stock options | 70 jobs Medical leave | 63 jobs Parental leave | 56 jobs Startup environment | 55 jobs 401(k) matching | 53 jobs Team events | 52 jobs Wellness | 37 jobs Flex vacation | 35 jobs Transparency | 21 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs Relocation support | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Travel | 5 jobs Gear | 5 jobs

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