Data Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Data Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 68,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 342 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Specialist salary lies between USD 52,000 and USD 92,400 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
342
Top 10%
$ 125,000
Top 25%
$ 92,400
Median
$ 68,000
Bottom 25%
$ 52,000
Bottom 10%
$ 40,000

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 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 | 432 jobs Data management | 332 jobs Research | 264 jobs Data quality | 259 jobs SQL | 249 jobs Data analysis | 211 jobs Python | 208 jobs Engineering | 198 jobs Finance | 168 jobs Security | 165 jobs Testing | 159 jobs Power BI | 154 jobs Statistics | 154 jobs Data governance | 123 jobs R | 121 jobs Privacy | 118 jobs Computer Science | 107 jobs Data Analytics | 90 jobs Tableau | 88 jobs KPIs | 82 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 | 496 jobs Health care | 338 jobs Flex hours | 258 jobs Competitive pay | 214 jobs Startup environment | 161 jobs Insurance | 161 jobs Team events | 160 jobs Flex vacation | 137 jobs Equity / stock options | 135 jobs Salary bonus | 116 jobs Parental leave | 84 jobs Medical leave | 82 jobs 401(k) matching | 73 jobs Wellness | 67 jobs Transparency | 37 jobs Relocation support | 34 jobs Conferences | 21 jobs Fitness / gym | 20 jobs Gear | 19 jobs Home office stipend | 15 jobs

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Data Specialist @ $ 54,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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Data Specialist @ $ 110,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Specialist @ $ 58,350 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Specialist @ $ 53,311 (Netherlands) Details
Data Specialist @ $ 54,042 (United Kingdom) Details
Data Specialist @ $ 45,857 (Canada) Details
Data Specialist @ $ 42,050 (Austria) Details

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