Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Manager during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Manager during 2025 is USD 131,750

✏️ This salary info is based on 40 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Manager salary lies between USD 97,900 and USD 159,000 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 Manager
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
40
Top 10%
$ 188,825
Top 25%
$ 159,000
Median
$ 131,750
Bottom 25%
$ 97,900
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

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 Senior-level / Expert Data Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Manager job listings are Data management, Research and Testing. 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 management | 66 jobs Research | 39 jobs Testing | 35 jobs Data quality | 26 jobs Excel | 23 jobs Pharma | 20 jobs Statistics | 17 jobs SAS | 14 jobs Oracle | 13 jobs CDISC | 13 jobs Engineering | 12 jobs Security | 12 jobs Privacy | 11 jobs SQL | 10 jobs GCP | 10 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs R | 8 jobs Data analysis | 8 jobs Power BI | 7 jobs Agile | 7 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Manager job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. 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 | 45 jobs Health care | 28 jobs Team events | 17 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Competitive pay | 13 jobs Flex hours | 12 jobs Startup environment | 12 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Salary bonus | 11 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs

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