Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Modeler during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Modeler during 2025 is USD 134,690

✏️ This salary info is based on 30 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Modeler salary lies between USD 115,000 and USD 179,428 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 Modeler
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
30
Top 10%
$ 210,000
Top 25%
$ 179,428
Median
$ 134,690
Bottom 25%
$ 115,000
Bottom 10%
$ 81,978

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 Modeler roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Modeler job listings are SQL, ETL and Architecture. 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:

SQL | 83 jobs ETL | 55 jobs Architecture | 54 jobs Engineering | 45 jobs Agile | 45 jobs Computer Science | 42 jobs Snowflake | 39 jobs Data management | 38 jobs Data governance | 33 jobs Data quality | 30 jobs Data Warehousing | 29 jobs Oracle | 28 jobs Azure | 28 jobs Data analysis | 27 jobs Security | 25 jobs AWS | 23 jobs Power BI | 22 jobs Consulting | 21 jobs NoSQL | 20 jobs Data warehouse | 20 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Modeler 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 | 49 jobs Health care | 26 jobs Flex hours | 22 jobs Team events | 22 jobs Competitive pay | 17 jobs Insurance | 13 jobs Equity / stock options | 11 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Relocation support | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs

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