Data Lead salary
1 market range · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026
The one range measured here is for data lead roles at senior level across the United States: 15 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $122,875 and $171,000, with a median of $157,560.
The range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. It rests on at least 10 postings.
Data Lead pay by specialization
Data Leadership 17Data Architecture & Governance 6Data Engineering 5
Live data lead roles by data function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
1 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $122,875 – $171,000 | $157,560 | 15 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Open data lead roles · 11 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $97,000–$205,000scale $50,000–$290,000
Data Migration and Master Data Lead, Ford Energy Ford Motor Company · Dearborn New $86,600–$144,900 2d ago Clinical Study Data Lead - Barcelona Novartis · Barcelona Gran Vía €46,300–€86,100 9d ago Clinical Study Data Lead - Barcelona Novartis (Internal Careers for Acquired Entities) · Barcelona Gran Vía €46,300–€86,100 9d ago Clinical Study Data Lead - Dublin Novartis · Dublin €55,370–€102,830 11d ago Enterprise Architecture and Data Lead (TS/SCI) Zadentech · BWI area $132,000–$157,000 2w ago 
SAP Master Data Lead Watts Water Technologies · Remote · US $97,000–$120,000 2w ago 
Data Lead Stepful · New York City $180,000–$225,000 4w ago Master Data Lead Sol de Janeiro · Remote · US $100,000–$125,000 2mo ago 
Data Lead - Central Data Team YipitData · Remote · US $165,000–$205,000 2mo ago 
Enterprise Architecture Data Lead SOSi · Linthicum Heights $102,414–$212,706 2mo ago Data Lead- Dallas, TX Fa Ertb Saasfaprod1 · United States $46,000–$162,000 6mo ago 
Data Lead IFS · Kolkata Pay not stated 10d ago 
Automation & Data Lead temper · Amsterdam Pay not stated 4w ago Data Lead bti · St Michael Pay not stated 4w ago Geotechnical & Contaminated Land Management Data Lead Emit · Sydney Pay not stated 4w ago 
Data Lead - Data Governance Spektrum · Braine l’Alleud Pay not stated 5w ago 
Regional Systems & Data Lead Vestas · Pasay Pay not stated 5w ago 
Master Data Lead - Finance & Product (FTC until Dec 2027) Rotork · Bath Pay not stated 2mo ago Master Data Lead - Customer & Supplier (FTC until Dec 2027) Rotork · Bath £42,206–£82,368e 2mo ago 
Data Lead VML Enterprise Solutions · Noida Pay not stated 2mo ago 
Big Data Lead Fa Etqo Saasfaprod1 · Mexico Pay not stated 2mo ago 
AI & Data Lead – Malmö Ed:Za · Malmö Pay not stated 2mo ago Big Data Lead Fa Etqo Saasfaprod1 · United States $142,500–$193,650e 3mo ago Big Data Lead Fa Etqo Saasfaprod1 · United States $142,500–$193,650e 1y ago Big Data Lead Mindlance · Tampa $142,500–$193,650e 9y ago 
Big Data Lead krg technology inc · Bethesda Pay not stated 9y ago 
Data Lead BLN24 · McLean $144,913–$190,250e 
Data Lead Wonderschool · San Francisco $144,913–$190,250e