Head of Data Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Head of Data Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 252,120
✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Head of Data salary lies between USD 170,000 and USD 300,000 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.
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- Head of Data
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- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
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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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Top 20 Job Tags for Head of Data roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Head of Data job listings are Engineering, Architecture and Data governance. 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:
Engineering | 20 jobs Architecture | 16 jobs Data governance | 14 jobs Data quality | 13 jobs Privacy | 13 jobs Security | 12 jobs SQL | 11 jobs AWS | 11 jobs Python | 10 jobs Machine Learning | 10 jobs Data management | 10 jobs GCP | 9 jobs ETL | 8 jobs Agile | 8 jobs Pipelines | 8 jobs Kafka | 7 jobs Data pipelines | 7 jobs Data analysis | 7 jobs Big Data | 6 jobs Spark | 6 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Head of Data roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Head of Data 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 | 22 jobs Health care | 14 jobs Flex hours | 11 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 8 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Team events | 5 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobsWant to contribute?
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