Data Specialist Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Data Specialist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 72,975

✏️ This salary info is based on 378 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Specialist salary lies between USD 56,000 and USD 101,000 in the United States. 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
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
378
Top 10%
$ 141,440
Top 25%
$ 101,000
Median
$ 72,975
Bottom 25%
$ 56,000
Bottom 10%
$ 47,400

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 513 jobs Data management | 396 jobs Research | 323 jobs Data quality | 315 jobs SQL | 303 jobs Data analysis | 258 jobs Python | 249 jobs Engineering | 247 jobs Security | 215 jobs Finance | 206 jobs Power BI | 195 jobs Testing | 192 jobs Statistics | 177 jobs Data governance | 155 jobs Privacy | 151 jobs R | 143 jobs Computer Science | 131 jobs Data Analytics | 113 jobs Tableau | 110 jobs KPIs | 93 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 | 605 jobs Health care | 419 jobs Flex hours | 314 jobs Competitive pay | 255 jobs Team events | 190 jobs Insurance | 190 jobs Startup environment | 189 jobs Flex vacation | 160 jobs Equity / stock options | 153 jobs Salary bonus | 135 jobs Parental leave | 104 jobs Medical leave | 100 jobs 401(k) matching | 87 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 jobs

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