Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Governance during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Governance during 2025 is USD 157,325

✏️ This salary info is based on 120 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Governance salary lies between USD 114,700 and USD 195,800 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 Governance
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
120
Top 10%
$ 265,080
Top 25%
$ 195,800
Median
$ 157,325
Bottom 25%
$ 114,700
Bottom 10%
$ 78,945

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 Senior-level / Expert Data Governance roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 827 jobs Data management | 593 jobs Data quality | 558 jobs Security | 345 jobs Privacy | 322 jobs Engineering | 282 jobs Architecture | 255 jobs Computer Science | 250 jobs SQL | 234 jobs Finance | 178 jobs Informatica | 162 jobs Agile | 157 jobs Data strategy | 152 jobs Consulting | 141 jobs Python | 120 jobs Classification | 120 jobs Excel | 119 jobs Azure | 117 jobs Banking | 109 jobs Power BI | 109 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Governance roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 499 jobs Health care | 342 jobs Flex hours | 217 jobs Competitive pay | 200 jobs Insurance | 183 jobs Salary bonus | 143 jobs Equity / stock options | 139 jobs Medical leave | 138 jobs Flex vacation | 137 jobs Wellness | 126 jobs Parental leave | 120 jobs Team events | 113 jobs Startup environment | 96 jobs 401(k) matching | 70 jobs Transparency | 66 jobs Relocation support | 27 jobs Fitness / gym | 14 jobs Flexible spending account | 13 jobs Travel | 12 jobs Fertility benefits | 12 jobs

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