Data Analyst salary
What a data analyst actually earns, from 705 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 data analyst pay in the 3 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
Data analyst is the most searched entry point into data work, and the numbers carry a warning under the appeal. The blended US median is about 97,000 dollars with an OEWS median of 112,590, a healthy band, but unemployment for the category runs 4.9 percent, high for a role sold as future-proof. The reason is supply: bootcamps and degrees have poured entrants into the analyst tier faster than openings, so the entry market is crowded even as senior demand holds. The pay and the security both improve one rung up, where analysts who learn the engineering and modeling stack become data engineers or scientists and leave the crowd behind. If you are early in this field, treat the analyst title as a launch pad, not a destination; the SQL (Structured Query Language) and Python you already use are the down payment on the move.
Open data analyst roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Sr Revenue Operations AnalystCribl · United States$95k–$149kRemoteJul 23
- Data Analyst, Financial Data EngineeringStripe · New YorkJul 22
- Online Data Analyst - United States Spanish speakersTELUS International · USARemoteJul 22
- Media Insights Analyst (Finnish Speaker)TechBiz Global · FinlandRemoteJul 22
- Senior Financial Data AnalystLyft · Toronto, Canada$87kJul 21
- GTM Operations Analyst, Agent DevelopmentSierra · San Francisco, CA$180k–$220kJul 21
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$77,721 – $124,179 · median $97,370
- Canada$55,634 – $79,512 · median $66,761
- United Kingdom$52,895 – $72,003 · median $60,496
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washingtonmedian $158,760
- Californiamedian $136,800
- Massachusettsmedian $132,250
- Virginiamedian $126,070
- New Yorkmedian $125,400
- Utahmedian $116,420
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Move into or out of data analyst
- data analyst → data engineermeasured route
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- Data Scientist salary$148,609 median
- Data Engineer salary$124,685 median
- Financial Analyst salary$80,442 median
Quick answers
How much do data analysts make?
The blended US median is about 97,000 dollars, with the official BLS OEWS median at 112,590 and a typical posted range of 77,000 to 123,000.
Is data analyst a good career in 2026?
The pay is solid, but the entry market is crowded: unemployment for the category is 4.9 percent. The security improves a rung up, at data engineer or data scientist.
What is the next step up from data analyst?
Data engineer or data scientist. Both pay more and have lower unemployment, and both build on the SQL and Python analysts already use.
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 15-2051. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Other mathematical science occupations.” Live corpus 705 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.