2026 Healthcare Data Leader Compensation Report
Salary benchmarks for CDOs, VPs of Analytics, Directors of BI, and data professionals in health systems. Data from SullivanCotter, Glassdoor, and more.
- Salary ranges by role
- Geographic adjustments
- Skills premiums
- Hiring strategies
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14 pages of salary data and hiring insights
Data-Driven Hiring Decisions
Everything you need to benchmark salaries, structure competitive offers, and win top healthcare data talent.
Salary Benchmarks by Role
Detailed compensation ranges for CDOs, VPs, Directors, Analysts, and Data Engineers with 25th, median, 75th, and 90th percentile data.
Geographic Adjustments
Market-specific salary premiums for major metros including San Francisco, NYC, Boston, Seattle, and more. Know what to pay in your market.
Skills That Command Premiums
Which certifications and skills add $15K-$30K to an offer? AI/ML, Epic Caboodle/Clarity, cloud architecture, and more.
Compensation by Org Type
How health systems compare to payers, pharma, Big 4, and health IT vendors. Understand your competitive position.
Total Comp Breakdown
Base salary, bonuses, sign-on packages, equity, and non-financial differentiators. Structure offers that close.
Hiring Strategies
How to compete when you cannot match tech pay. Actionable tactics for health systems to win top talent.
Built for Healthcare Data Leaders
Whether you are hiring, benchmarking, or planning your next career move.
Hiring Managers
Benchmark offers, justify budgets, and close candidates faster with market data.
HR & Talent Acquisition
Build competitive compensation packages and understand what healthcare data talent expects.
Data Leaders
Benchmark your own compensation and understand your market value as CDO, VP, or Director.
Analysts & Engineers
Plan your career path and know what skills command the highest premiums.
Why Trust This Data?
This report was compiled by Dados Consulting, a healthcare data recruiting and consulting firm led by practitioners who have worked inside health systems, on Big 4 engagements, and in enterprise data environments.
We understand healthcare data compensation because we have lived it. We have hired these roles, filled these roles, and held these roles ourselves. This is not generic salary data repackaged. It is practitioner insight backed by authoritative sources.
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14 pages of salary benchmarks, geographic adjustments, skills premiums, and hiring strategies for healthcare data leaders.
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