Careers after Intelligence Analyst: 13 jobs where your skills transfer.
Every related role O*NET lists for intelligence analysts, scored by how closely the skill profile matches, what it pays and how much extra preparation it needs. Original analysis, sources below.
BLS does not publish pay for intelligence analysts separately. Every pay figure on this page is for the BLS occupation “Detectives and Criminal Investigators” (SOC 33-3021), which includes intelligence analysts and other jobs; it is not a figure for intelligence analysts alone.
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Private Investigator
The jobs closest to an Intelligence Analyst's skills are Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts, Business Intelligence Analyst and Private Investigator (83%, 79% and 74% skill match). 6 related roles pay more without needing more preparation, led by Business Intelligence Analyst (+$26,440 median).
Where your skills transfer
Data Skill match and pay change are our calculations from O*NET and BLS data (method below).
The three closest moves
Data Skills where the destination's O*NET level is at least half a point higher are listed as gaps.
Already strong: Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Writing, Reading Comprehension.
To build: Management of Personnel Resources, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources.
Already strong: Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making.
To build: Quality Control Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Programming.
Already strong: Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Speaking.
To build: Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Financial Resources.
How to make the move
Advice
- Weeks 1 to 2Pick one destination
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts is the closest match at 83%. Business Intelligence Analyst pays more without more preparation.
- Weeks 2 to 6Close the top gap
For Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts, the biggest gap is management of personnel resources. Build one piece of proof for it.
- Weeks 4 to 8Reframe your resume
Lead with critical thinking, active listening, written in the destination's language.
- From week 6Talk to people in the role
Ask three fraud examiners, investigators and analystss what they wish they had known before switching.
How this page is built
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. Pay change compares the BLS national median annual wages (May 2025) of the two occupations. Preparation change compares O*NET Job Zones (Job Zones 1-2, 3, 4 and 5, from very little to extensive preparation; O*NET 31.0 combines zones 1 and 2). Destinations without BLS wage data or O*NET skill ratings are left out.
- Licensing or degree rules for a specific destination.
- Whether employers in your area hire career changers.
- Your own skills: the scores compare occupations, not people.
- 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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