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CareerAtlas is running on a deterministic simulated demo dataset — compensation, trend, and outcome figures illustrate the product but are not verified real-world data. See Methodology and Data Sources for details.

Chief Data Officer

Owns enterprise data strategy at the executive level.

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Also known as:CDO
Compensation by seniority
Simulated

Median

$705k

Mean

$733k

10th–90th pct

$536k–$973k

Observations

789

Confidence: 35% · based on 789 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated
Common skills
Strategic Planning
Core
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
Core
Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated
Bachelor's Degree
62% require · 21% prefer
MBA
20% require · 35% prefer
Master's Degree
21% require · 29% prefer
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Common next roles
Data Privacy Analyst-74.6%Master Data Manager-39.2%Director of Data Science-40.3%Analytics Manager-35.4%Data Governance Analyst-76.6%
Common previous roles
Analytics Manager-54.9%Director of Data Science-67.4%Master Data Manager-64.5%Data Privacy Analyst-294.2%Data Governance Analyst-327.5%
Demand snapshot
Active openings (simulated)10,984
Posting growth-9.3%
Median days to fill49 days
Simulated
Employed (US, simulated)328,194
Projected growth8.4%/yr
Simulated
Role characteristics
Remote-friendliness45%
Automation exposure25%
Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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