Salary for Executive-level / Director Head of Data during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Head of Data during 2025 is USD 201,450

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director Head of Data salary lies between USD 156,160 and USD 300,000 globally. 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
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 385,000
Top 25%
$ 300,000
Median
$ 201,450
Bottom 25%
$ 156,160
Bottom 10%
$ 101,265

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Head of Data roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director 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 | 18 jobs Architecture | 15 jobs Data governance | 13 jobs Data quality | 12 jobs Privacy | 12 jobs Security | 11 jobs SQL | 10 jobs AWS | 10 jobs Data management | 9 jobs Python | 8 jobs Machine Learning | 8 jobs GCP | 8 jobs Agile | 8 jobs ETL | 7 jobs Kafka | 7 jobs Pipelines | 7 jobs Data analysis | 7 jobs Big Data | 6 jobs Spark | 6 jobs Data pipelines | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Head of Data roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director 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 | 20 jobs Health care | 14 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 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 jobs

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Head of Data @ $ 201,450 (global) Details
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