Data Specialist Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Data Specialist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 69,405
✏️ This salary info is based on 158 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Specialist salary lies between USD 54,500 and USD 90,000 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
- 158
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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 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 | 250 jobs Data management | 197 jobs Data quality | 155 jobs Research | 154 jobs SQL | 130 jobs Data analysis | 127 jobs Python | 113 jobs Finance | 110 jobs Engineering | 108 jobs Statistics | 90 jobs Security | 81 jobs Testing | 81 jobs Power BI | 79 jobs Data governance | 79 jobs Computer Science | 65 jobs Privacy | 65 jobs R | 63 jobs Data Analytics | 55 jobs Mathematics | 51 jobs KPIs | 45 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 | 289 jobs Health care | 187 jobs Flex hours | 146 jobs Competitive pay | 120 jobs Team events | 99 jobs Startup environment | 90 jobs Insurance | 81 jobs Equity / stock options | 79 jobs Flex vacation | 69 jobs Salary bonus | 68 jobs Parental leave | 48 jobs Medical leave | 44 jobs 401(k) matching | 36 jobs Wellness | 35 jobs Transparency | 19 jobs Relocation support | 16 jobs Gear | 14 jobs Fitness / gym | 11 jobs Conferences | 10 jobs Home office stipend | 9 jobsRelated salaries
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