Salaries in data, analytics and AI

Per job title, the median monthly salary is between €5,000 and €7,050 gross. These are the salaries employers state in their job ads, for 14 job titles with at least 8 jobs with a salary.

Jobs from November 2025 to November 2026, gross per month. How this is calculated

What does a data professional earn?

Choose a role. The bar shows the middle half of stated salaries, the line the median.

Data Lead

€7,050median per month

25% earn less than
€ 6,600
25% earn more than
€ 9,000
Based on
13 jobs
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Salaries by job title

Median and typical range of the gross monthly salary, highest median first.

Median and typical range of the gross monthly salary, highest median first.
Job titleGross per monthTypical rangeMedianJobs
Data Lead
€6,600 – €9,000€7,05013
Data Architect
€5,400 – €6,850€6,4509
Data Governance Specialist
€5,250 – €6,000€5,6508
AI Engineer
€5,300 – €6,500€5,65026
Data Platform Engineer
€5,250 – €5,850€5,60019
Data Manager
€4,900 – €6,500€5,5509
Data Engineer
€4,900 – €5,700€5,50073
Data Scientist
€5,000 – €6,200€5,45035
Privacy Officer
€4,900 – €5,750€5,40010
Data Consultant
€4,500 – €6,000€5,35015
Business Analyst
€4,700 – €5,500€5,20021
Data Steward
€4,550 – €5,750€5,15011
BI Specialist
€5,000 – €5,550€5,05017
Data Analyst
€4,700 – €5,700€5,00052
Middle half of stated salariesMedian

How this is calculated

Source
DataJobs jobs with a stated monthly salary.
Period
From November 2025 to November 2026.
Median
The middle of the weighted amounts. Each employer accounts for at most 25% of the weight.
Typical range
The range from the 25th to the 75th percentile of the weighted amounts.
Jobs
The number of jobs with a stated monthly salary in the period. At least 8 jobs are required, with sufficient spread across employers.

For each job we use the middle of the stated salary range. Many employers state round amounts, so medians often land on round numbers.

Salary check

Typical range · Medior

€4,650 – €5,600

gross per month · median €5,450

Based on 46 jobs with salary.

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Frequently asked questions

How we measure salaries

Is this what people actually earn?

No. These are amounts employers state in job ads. What someone earns also depends on experience, negotiation and the rest of the package.

Why is my job title missing?

We show a job title only from 8 jobs with a stated monthly salary and sufficient spread across employers. Each employer accounts for at most 25% of the weight.

What is the difference between the median and the typical range?

The median is the middle of the weighted amounts. The typical range runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Each employer accounts for at most 25% of the weight.

How current are the numbers?

The numbers cover the last twelve months. The period is stated with every number.

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