Head of Data Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Head of Data Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 242,120

✏️ This salary info is based on 26 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Head of Data salary lies between USD 200,000 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.

Job title
Head of Data
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
26
Top 10%
$ 355,000
Top 25%
$ 300,000
Median
$ 242,120
Bottom 25%
$ 200,000
Bottom 10%
$ 170,000

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, Data governance and Architecture. 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 | 54 jobs Data governance | 44 jobs Architecture | 42 jobs Security | 40 jobs Machine Learning | 37 jobs Privacy | 33 jobs Python | 32 jobs Data quality | 32 jobs SQL | 29 jobs Computer Science | 29 jobs Data management | 27 jobs Data Analytics | 23 jobs Finance | 22 jobs Pipelines | 22 jobs ETL | 20 jobs Data strategy | 20 jobs AWS | 18 jobs Agile | 18 jobs Research | 17 jobs Business Intelligence | 17 jobs

Top 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 Competitive pay. 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 | 66 jobs Health care | 35 jobs Competitive pay | 34 jobs Team events | 31 jobs Startup environment | 29 jobs Flex hours | 26 jobs Salary bonus | 24 jobs Equity / stock options | 22 jobs Insurance | 14 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Medical leave | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Transparency | 9 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Gear | 6 jobs Conferences | 6 jobs Home office stipend | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Lunch / meals | 3 jobs Travel | 3 jobs

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