Data Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 68,773

✏️ This salary info is based on 254 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Specialist salary lies between USD 53,100 and USD 90,000 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 Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
254
Top 10%
$ 122,500
Top 25%
$ 90,000
Median
$ 68,773
Bottom 25%
$ 53,100
Bottom 10%
$ 39,410

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 Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Specialist job listings are Excel, 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:

Excel | 333 jobs Data management | 260 jobs Data quality | 211 jobs Research | 198 jobs SQL | 190 jobs Data analysis | 168 jobs Engineering | 157 jobs Python | 156 jobs Finance | 141 jobs Testing | 123 jobs Power BI | 120 jobs Security | 116 jobs Statistics | 114 jobs Data governance | 101 jobs R | 87 jobs Computer Science | 87 jobs Privacy | 83 jobs Data Analytics | 71 jobs Tableau | 68 jobs KPIs | 60 jobs

Top 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 | 386 jobs Health care | 255 jobs Flex hours | 201 jobs Competitive pay | 166 jobs Team events | 135 jobs Startup environment | 122 jobs Insurance | 119 jobs Equity / stock options | 104 jobs Flex vacation | 98 jobs Salary bonus | 90 jobs Parental leave | 64 jobs Medical leave | 63 jobs 401(k) matching | 48 jobs Wellness | 47 jobs Transparency | 26 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Gear | 16 jobs Fitness / gym | 16 jobs Conferences | 13 jobs Home office stipend | 10 jobs

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