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Business Intelligence Analysts — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
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
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
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
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
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.0 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.9 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Active Learning | 3.9 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Active Listening | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Speaking | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Writing | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.6 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Mathematics | 3.5 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.4 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.1 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.1 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Monitoring | 3.1 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Time Management | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Coordination | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Instructing | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Business Intelligence AnalystsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $185,080 | 6,060 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $170,110 | 10,460 | 2025 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | $167,840 | 230 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $164,740 | 8,370 | 2025 |
| WA | $163,350 | 9,600 | 2025 |
| Kennewick, WA | $156,830 | 150 | 2025 |
| Charlottesville, VA | $149,800 | — | 2025 |
| North Port, FL | $146,980 | 210 | 2025 |
| Bridgeport, CT | $141,760 | 570 | 2025 |
| CA | $141,590 | 39,310 | 2025 |
| Corvallis, OR | $140,190 | 60 | 2025 |
| MD | $136,370 | 3,340 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $135,980 | 23,160 | 2025 |
| Trenton, NJ | $135,320 | 430 | 2025 |
| NJ | $135,280 | 6,430 | 2025 |
| Baltimore, MD | $134,320 | 1,090 | 2025 |
| Bremerton, WA | $134,220 | 60 | 2025 |
| Boulder, CO | $134,040 | 540 | 2025 |
| Charlotte, NC | $132,460 | 4,420 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $132,200 | 9,260 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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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.