Business Analyst salary
What a business analyst actually earns, from 436 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see business analyst pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
Business analyst pay, a blended US median near 108,000 dollars, sits at a useful crossroads: the seat where analytical skill meets delivery, feeding several higher-paid roles. The title is broad, from reporting-heavy work near the floor to product- and strategy-facing roles well above, so the median hides a real spread by industry. The most valuable thing about the seat is not its pay but its optionality: it is one skills-hop from project manager, product manager, and data analyst, each of which our routes price. Treat it as a hub, not a destination.
Open business analyst roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Business Analyst IIIRELX · United States$72k–$119kRemoteJul 23
- Business Analyst (German Speaking)S-PRO · Austria; Belgium; Germany; Luxembourg; Netherlands; SwitzerlRemoteJul 23
- Principal Business AnalystReed in Partnership · Australia; Canada; Ireland; United Kingdom; United States$87k–$94kRemoteJul 23
- Technical Business AnalystConcentrix · United States$92k–$135kRemoteJul 22
- Scientific Business Analyst - Laboratory Information Management Systems (6Lifelancer · United States$79k–$107kRemoteJul 22
- Business Analyst with IRS MBI Clearance3M Consultancy · United StatesRemoteJul 22
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$79,473 – $124,712 · median $96,199
- United Kingdom$63,541 – $88,086 · median $75,889
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Massachusettsmedian $131,840
- District of Columbiamedian $125,500
- Marylandmedian $121,890
- Washingtonmedian $118,730
- Virginiamedian $109,650
- New Yorkmedian $106,930
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Move into or out of business analyst
- business analyst → project managermeasured route
Related salaries
- Project Manager salary$116,325 median
- Data Analyst salary$97,370 median
- Management Consultant salary$102,574 median
Quick answers
How much do business analysts make?
The blended US median is about 108,000 dollars, with a wide spread by industry and by how technical the role is.
What can a business analyst move into?
Project manager, product manager, and data roles are the common next steps, each a short skills-hop. The route pages price them.
Is business analyst a good career?
Yes, largely for its optionality: it sits one move from several better-paid roles.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 13-1111. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Management analysts.” Live corpus 436 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.