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Business Intelligence Analysts

Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.

Median salary

$112,590

Typical range

$64k – $194k

Job outlook

+34% (much faster than average)

AI exposure

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Education

Typical entry: Bachelor's degree

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Typical progression

  1. Business Intelligence Analysts Intern

    Internship

    $36,000

    ~4 mos to advance

  2. Junior Business Intelligence Analysts

    Entry / Junior

    $63,650

    ~2 yrs to advance

  3. Business Intelligence Analysts

    Established

    $112,590

    ~3 yrs to advance

  4. Senior Business Intelligence Analysts

    Senior

    $153,500

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Key skills

A typical day

  • 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.

Fields of study

Any field

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