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Business Intelligence Analysts — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$120,230

United States, 2025

Employment

262,440

United States, 2025

Typical education

Bachelor's Degree

Job Zone 4

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

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.

O*NET code
15-2051.01
Job zone
4
Experience required
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Typical tasks

  • 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.

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Salary analysis — United States

$67,240
10th
$85,660
25th
$120,230
Median
$158,880
75th
$199,130
90th

10th percentile

$67,240

25th percentile

$85,660

75th percentile

$158,880

90th percentile

$199,130

Most important skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.0
  • Critical Thinking3.9
  • Active Listening3.9
  • Speaking3.9
  • Active Learning3.9
  • Writing3.8
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.6
  • Mathematics3.5
  • Complex Problem Solving3.4
  • Systems Evaluation3.1
  • Monitoring3.1
  • Systems Analysis3.1

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 16 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

16

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension4.04.3Not selected4.3
Critical Thinking3.94.3Not selected4.3
Active Learning3.94.1Not selected4.1
Active Listening3.94.0Not selected4.0
Speaking3.94.0Not selected4.0
Writing3.84.0Not selected4.0
Judgment and Decision Making3.64.0Not selected4.0
Mathematics3.53.9Not selected3.9
Complex Problem Solving3.43.8Not selected3.8
Systems Evaluation3.13.8Not selected3.8
Systems Analysis3.13.8Not selected3.8
Monitoring3.13.3Not selected3.3
Time Management3.13.0Not selected3.0
Learning Strategies3.03.0Not selected3.0
Coordination3.03.0Not selected3.0
Instructing3.03.0Not selected3.0

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
San Jose, CA$185,0806,0602025
San Francisco, CA$170,11010,4602025
Idaho Falls, ID$167,8402302025
Seattle, WA$164,7408,3702025
WA$163,3509,6002025
Kennewick, WA$156,8301502025
Charlottesville, VA$149,8002025
North Port, FL$146,9802102025
Bridgeport, CT$141,7605702025
CA$141,59039,3102025
Corvallis, OR$140,190602025
MD$136,3703,3402025
New York, NY$135,98023,1602025
Trenton, NJ$135,3204302025
NJ$135,2806,4302025
Baltimore, MD$134,3201,0902025
Bremerton, WA$134,220602025
Boulder, CO$134,0405402025
Charlotte, NC$132,4604,4202025
Washington, DC$132,2009,2602025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.