Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Operations during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Operations during 2025 is USD 158,532

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Data Operations salary lies between USD 97,750 and USD 165,400 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 Operations
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 275,600
Top 25%
$ 165,400
Median
$ 158,532
Bottom 25%
$ 97,750
Bottom 10%
$ 93,244

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

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Data Operations roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Operations job listings are DataOps, SQL and Engineering. 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:

DataOps | 157 jobs SQL | 90 jobs Engineering | 70 jobs Data management | 66 jobs Data quality | 60 jobs Python | 55 jobs Research | 49 jobs Excel | 48 jobs Security | 38 jobs Agile | 38 jobs Data governance | 38 jobs Finance | 36 jobs Data analysis | 35 jobs Computer Science | 35 jobs Privacy | 35 jobs Machine Learning | 31 jobs AWS | 31 jobs ETL | 29 jobs Testing | 29 jobs Architecture | 28 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Operations 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 | 105 jobs Health care | 78 jobs Flex hours | 52 jobs Startup environment | 50 jobs Insurance | 34 jobs Competitive pay | 31 jobs Flex vacation | 27 jobs Equity / stock options | 25 jobs Salary bonus | 23 jobs Wellness | 20 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs Medical leave | 17 jobs 401(k) matching | 15 jobs Team events | 15 jobs Fitness / gym | 12 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Fertility benefits | 5 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs

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