Data Specialist Salary in 2025
💰 The median Data Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 69,284
✏️ This salary info is based on 420 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Specialist salary lies between USD 52,000 and USD 95,000 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.
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- Data Specialist
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- all levels
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- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 420
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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 Specialist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Specialist job listings are Excel, Data management and Research. 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:
Excel | 510 jobs Data management | 395 jobs Research | 322 jobs Data quality | 315 jobs SQL | 302 jobs Data analysis | 256 jobs Python | 249 jobs Engineering | 247 jobs Security | 215 jobs Finance | 205 jobs Power BI | 193 jobs Testing | 192 jobs Statistics | 177 jobs Data governance | 155 jobs Privacy | 151 jobs R | 143 jobs Computer Science | 131 jobs Data Analytics | 111 jobs Tableau | 108 jobs KPIs | 93 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Specialist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data 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 | 604 jobs Health care | 418 jobs Flex hours | 314 jobs Competitive pay | 255 jobs Team events | 190 jobs Insurance | 190 jobs Startup environment | 188 jobs Flex vacation | 160 jobs Equity / stock options | 153 jobs Salary bonus | 134 jobs Parental leave | 104 jobs Medical leave | 99 jobs 401(k) matching | 86 jobs Wellness | 81 jobs Relocation support | 50 jobs Transparency | 46 jobs Fitness / gym | 25 jobs Conferences | 24 jobs Gear | 22 jobs Flexible spending account | 19 jobsRelated salaries
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