Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Specialist during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Specialist during 2025 is USD 66,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 106 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Data Specialist salary lies between USD 52,696 and USD 80,000 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
Data Specialist
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
106
Top 10%
$ 100,000
Top 25%
$ 80,000
Median
$ 66,000
Bottom 25%
$ 52,696
Bottom 10%
$ 42,000

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 Mid-level / Intermediate Data Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Data Specialist job listings are Excel, Data management and Research. 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:

Excel | 98 jobs Data management | 86 jobs Research | 80 jobs Data quality | 67 jobs Data analysis | 65 jobs Finance | 48 jobs Statistics | 48 jobs Security | 40 jobs Engineering | 39 jobs Power BI | 39 jobs Python | 38 jobs SQL | 37 jobs Privacy | 33 jobs Data governance | 29 jobs Testing | 27 jobs R | 26 jobs Computer Science | 26 jobs Data Analytics | 25 jobs Tableau | 22 jobs Salesforce | 17 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Data Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Data Specialist 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 | 99 jobs Health care | 87 jobs Flex hours | 53 jobs Competitive pay | 48 jobs Insurance | 40 jobs Team events | 38 jobs Equity / stock options | 36 jobs Salary bonus | 31 jobs Startup environment | 27 jobs Flex vacation | 25 jobs Parental leave | 21 jobs Medical leave | 20 jobs 401(k) matching | 19 jobs Wellness | 11 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 4 jobs Gear | 3 jobs

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