Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Governance in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Data Governance in United States during 2025 is USD 178,300
✏️ This salary info is based on 52 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Data Governance salary lies between USD 143,245 and USD 220,000 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 Governance
- Experience
- Executive-level / Director
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 52
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Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Data Governance roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Data Governance job listings are Data governance, 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:
Data governance | 72 jobs Data management | 51 jobs Data quality | 43 jobs Security | 30 jobs Finance | 27 jobs Architecture | 25 jobs Engineering | 23 jobs Privacy | 22 jobs Computer Science | 19 jobs Testing | 18 jobs Banking | 17 jobs Data Analytics | 15 jobs Excel | 13 jobs Research | 11 jobs Data strategy | 11 jobs SQL | 10 jobs KPIs | 10 jobs Python | 9 jobs Agile | 8 jobs Informatica | 7 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Data Governance roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Data Governance 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 | 48 jobs Health care | 46 jobs Competitive pay | 31 jobs Insurance | 25 jobs Flex hours | 24 jobs Salary bonus | 22 jobs Wellness | 21 jobs Medical leave | 19 jobs Parental leave | 17 jobs Startup environment | 17 jobs Flex vacation | 16 jobs Team events | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 13 jobs Transparency | 10 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Signing bonus | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Gear | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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