Business Intelligence Analyst: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.
The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.
BLS does not publish pay for business intelligence analysts separately. Every pay figure on this page is for the BLS occupation “Data Scientists” (SOC 15-2051), which includes business intelligence analysts and other jobs; it is not a figure for business intelligence analysts alone.
10% of workers in the BLS occupation “Data Scientists” earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $67,240
- Hourly
- $32.33
- Source
- BLS May 2025
25% of workers in the BLS occupation “Data Scientists” earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $85,660
- Hourly
- $41.18
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Half of workers in the BLS occupation “Data Scientists” earn more than this and half earn less.
- Annual
- $120,230
- Hourly
- $57.80
- Source
- BLS May 2025
75% of workers in the BLS occupation “Data Scientists” earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $158,880
- Hourly
- $76.39
- Source
- BLS May 2025
90% of workers in the BLS occupation “Data Scientists” earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $199,130
- Hourly
- $95.74
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Business Intelligence Analysts produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. The median pay is $120,230 a year ($57.80 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a bachelor's degree (68% of workers surveyed by O*NET).
- Median pay
- $120,230
- BLS May 2025
- Employed in the U.S.
- 262,440
- BLS May 2025
- Preparation
- Job Zone 4 of 5
- considerable preparation
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree
- 68% of workers
Business Intelligence Analysts at a glance
Workers in the BLS occupation “Data Scientists” (which includes business intelligence analysts) in the United States earned a median annual wage of $120,230 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for business intelligence analysts in the United States.
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35
BLS projects employment of business intelligence analysts in the United States to grow 34.6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 24,800 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35
BLS estimated that 262,440 people were employed as business intelligence analysts in the United States in May 2025, not counting the self-employed.
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025
Every page for Business Intelligence Analysts
BLS pay data for this occupation, by state and percentile.
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Open →What business intelligence analysts do day to day
Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).
- Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
- Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
- Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
- Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.
- Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications.
- Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports, dashboards, or other outputs.
- Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs.
- Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources.
Industries that employ it
Data Share of all business intelligence analyst jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix). Figures cover all data scientists (SOC 15-2051), the broader occupation.
- Professional, scientific, and technical services25.1% of all jobs in this occupation · +41.0% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $130,900
- Insurance carriers and related activities10.0% of all jobs in this occupation · +32.4% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $117,050
- Management of companies and enterprises9.6% of all jobs in this occupation · +30.8% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $135,910
- Credit intermediation and related activities6.1% of all jobs in this occupation · +33.3% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $133,370
- Administrative and support services5.7% of all jobs in this occupation · +28.0% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $111,230
- Educational services; state, local, and private4.5% of all jobs in this occupation · +28.9% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $95,530
Sources: BLS 2025–35 National Employment Matrix (share of the occupation's jobs, projected change) and BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates (mean wage). Different industry estimates are not a pay forecast for any person.
Ranked by importance to the job
Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.
Knowledge areas: Computers and Electronics, Mathematics, English Language, Administration and Management, Customer and Personal Service, Economics and Accounting.
Software business intelligence analysts use
Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.
- SASAnalytical or scientific softwareIn demand
- SnowflakeData mining softwareIn demand
- Amazon DynamoDBData base management system softwareHot technology
- Apache CassandraData base management system softwareHot technology
- Apache HadoopData base management system softwareHot technology
- Apache HiveData base management system softwareHot technology
- Atlassian JIRAContent workflow softwareHot technology
- ESRI ArcGIS softwareGeographic information systemHot technology
- ElasticsearchData base management system softwareHot technology
- Epic SystemsMedical softwareHot technology
- Extensible markup language XMLEnterprise application integration softwareHot technology
- FacebookWeb page creation and editing softwareHot technology
Also called: Business Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst (BI Analyst), Business Intelligence Consultant (BI Consultant), Business Intelligence Coordinator (BI Coordinator), Business Intelligence Specialist (BI Specialist), Competitive Intelligence Analyst.
How this page is built
Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.
- How a specific employer defines the job.
- Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
- Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).
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