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Staff Data Governance & Quality salary (October 2026)
Only 14 Staff Data Governance & Quality postings have a published US pay range as of October 24, 2026, fewer than the 30 we need before we show a median. 19% of Data Governance & Quality postings with pay are at this level.
Small sample: only 14 postings have published pay, fewer than 30, so no median is shown yet. This page is not indexed by search engines until it reaches 30.
Data Governance & Quality pay by level isn't shown: only one level has 30 or more US postings that list pay.
Staff / lead pay across data & AI roles
| # | Role | Median pay (US) | n with pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machine Learning Engineer | $264K | 195 |
| 2 | AI Research Scientist | $246K | 40 |
| 3 | AI Engineer | $237K | 238 |
| 4 | Data Scientist | $220K | 108 |
| 5 | Data Engineer | $190K | 75 |
| — | Data Analyst | — | 26 |
| — | Analytics Engineer | — | 16 |
| — | Data Governance & Quality | — | 14 |
Based on 712 postings with pay. A dash means fewer than 30 list pay.
How it is measured: median of the published pay range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized (hourly × 2,080). Level comes from title words only. Medians are shown when n ≥ 30; “—” means fewer than 30 postings with pay. Data: CSV · JSON. See the methodology. Back to Data Governance & Quality or all roles.