Data Operations Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Operations Salary in 2025 is USD 137,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 42 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Operations salary lies between USD 47,840 and USD 190,000 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 Operations
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
42
Top 10%
$ 249,100
Top 25%
$ 190,000
Median
$ 137,500
Bottom 25%
$ 47,840
Bottom 10%
$ 43,680

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 Operations roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Operations job listings are DataOps, SQL and Engineering. 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:

DataOps | 494 jobs SQL | 254 jobs Engineering | 196 jobs Data quality | 175 jobs Excel | 170 jobs Data management | 164 jobs Python | 158 jobs Research | 152 jobs Computer Science | 125 jobs Finance | 124 jobs Security | 115 jobs Data analysis | 105 jobs Data governance | 100 jobs Pipelines | 91 jobs Machine Learning | 89 jobs Agile | 82 jobs Privacy | 82 jobs ETL | 80 jobs Power BI | 77 jobs Testing | 77 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Operations roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Operations 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 | 295 jobs Health care | 203 jobs Flex hours | 141 jobs Startup environment | 129 jobs Equity / stock options | 106 jobs Team events | 100 jobs Flex vacation | 90 jobs Competitive pay | 87 jobs Insurance | 85 jobs Parental leave | 69 jobs Salary bonus | 69 jobs Wellness | 61 jobs Medical leave | 55 jobs 401(k) matching | 38 jobs Transparency | 31 jobs Fitness / gym | 22 jobs Home office stipend | 20 jobs Conferences | 9 jobs Relocation support | 9 jobs Gear | 8 jobs

Related salaries

Data Operations @ $ 47,840 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Operations @ $ 158,532 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Operations @ $ 192,500 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Operations @ $ 192,500 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Operations @ $ 47,840 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Operations @ $ 158,532 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Operations @ $ 145,000 (United States) Details

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