Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Governance in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Data Governance in United States during 2025 is USD 58,236

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Data Governance salary lies between USD 46,000 and USD 72,792 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 Governance
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 73,600
Top 25%
$ 72,792
Median
$ 58,236
Bottom 25%
$ 46,000
Bottom 10%
$ 43,680

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 Entry-level / Junior Data Governance roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Data Governance job listings are Data governance, Data quality and Data management. 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:

Data governance | 192 jobs Data quality | 131 jobs Data management | 122 jobs SQL | 72 jobs Excel | 65 jobs Security | 59 jobs Privacy | 54 jobs Computer Science | 50 jobs Data analysis | 49 jobs Engineering | 47 jobs Power BI | 42 jobs Architecture | 38 jobs Python | 33 jobs Banking | 33 jobs Finance | 32 jobs Testing | 29 jobs Agile | 28 jobs Tableau | 24 jobs Data Analytics | 23 jobs Classification | 23 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Data Governance roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Data Governance 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 | 109 jobs Health care | 74 jobs Flex hours | 60 jobs Competitive pay | 46 jobs Salary bonus | 34 jobs Team events | 32 jobs Insurance | 29 jobs Medical leave | 27 jobs Parental leave | 26 jobs Startup environment | 22 jobs Equity / stock options | 21 jobs Wellness | 20 jobs Flex vacation | 17 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Transparency | 9 jobs Gear | 7 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs

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