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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.

Wages

BLS doesn't publish wages for Business Intelligence Analysts separately. These are the figures for Data Scientists (15-2051), its parent occupation.

Median annual wage, U.S.$120,230
Employment, U.S.262,440
Median hourly wage$57.80
Annual wage percentiles, U.S., May 2025
10th25thMedian75th90th
$67,240$85,660$120,230$158,880$199,130
By state (50)
StateEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Alabama1,740$103,1200.49
Alaska230$84,1100.43
Arizona4,560$107,2400.83
Arkansas530$109,3900.24
California39,310$141,5901.28
Colorado6,280$117,4001.29
Connecticut1,760$126,3400.61
Delaware770Not available0.94
District of Columbia2,680$126,4902.27
Florida10,240$115,8200.61
Georgia9,260$104,3401.12
Hawaii300$102,1300.29
Idaho1,350$89,3800.94
Illinois10,520$106,5601.02
Indiana3,580$91,4700.66
Iowa2,300$95,8300.87
Kansas490$98,1300.20
Kentucky1,540$91,7600.46
Louisiana1,300$78,7600.40
Maine1,210$90,8801.12
Maryland3,340$136,3700.72
Massachusetts9,420$131,7501.53
Michigan7,360$100,5900.99
Minnesota4,020$128,8000.81
Mississippi440$69,4900.23
Missouri4,730$97,0900.95
Montana220$100,4900.25
Nebraska1,980$98,2301.15
Nevada1,680$98,5400.64
New Hampshire1,100$100,6200.95
New Jersey6,430$135,2800.89
New Mexico560$95,8500.38
New York23,970$130,4601.47
North Carolina11,430$119,0901.37
North Dakota210$81,9000.29
Ohio6,100$102,6300.65
Oklahoma1,900$86,3100.66
Oregon2,140$125,9900.65
Pennsylvania13,810$106,8501.35
Rhode Island1,160$102,4401.37
South Carolina3,750$91,9900.96
South Dakota220$96,1500.29
Tennessee2,790$100,3300.50
Texas25,860$122,0901.09
Utah4,360$108,0901.49
Vermont200$127,0700.38
Virginia8,920$126,4301.29
Washington9,600$163,3501.60
West Virginia390$85,0900.33
Wisconsin4,370$106,6800.88

Similar occupations

Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.

#OccupationJob ZoneSimilarity
1Survey Researchers50.968
2Economists50.967
3Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists40.966
4Data Warehousing Specialists40.963
5Clinical Data Managers40.959
6Search Marketing Strategists40.958
7Insurance Underwriters40.958
8Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents40.957
9Financial Quantitative Analysts50.956
10Logistics Analysts40.955

One skill away

Among the 50 occupations most similar to Business Intelligence Analysts, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.

OccupationSkill to buildLevel gapSimilarity
Data Warehousing SpecialistsProgramming1.250.963
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales AgentsManagement of Financial Resources1.000.957
Logistics AnalystsManagement of Personnel Resources0.880.955
Social Science Research AssistantsScience2.630.953
Personal Financial AdvisorsService Orientation1.000.949
Budget AnalystsManagement of Financial Resources2.130.947
Data ScientistsMathematics1.120.947
Software DevelopersTechnology Design2.740.946
Regulatory Affairs SpecialistsPersuasion0.880.944
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and AnalystsManagement of Personnel Resources1.000.941

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Software to learn next

Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Business Intelligence Analysts, excluding software Business Intelligence Analysts already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.

SoftwareSimilar jobs using itLift
Insightful S-PLUS7 of 2017.0x
Camfit Data Limited Microfit3 of 2046.2x
Quantitative Micro Software EViews3 of 2046.2x
Oracle SQL Loader3 of 2034.6x
Wolfram Research Mathematica5 of 207.7x
Econometric Software LIMDEP3 of 2027.7x
Aptech Systems GAUSS3 of 2019.8x
SAP PowerBuilder3 of 2019.8x
Statistical software5 of 205.8x
STATISTICA3 of 2011.5x

Skills

From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.

SkillTypeImportanceLevel
Reading ComprehensionEssential skill 4.00 4.25
Critical ThinkingEssential skill 3.88 4.25
Active LearningEssential skill 3.88 4.12
Active ListeningEssential skill 3.88 4.00
SpeakingEssential skill 3.88 4.00
WritingEssential skill 3.75 4.00
Judgment and Decision MakingTransferable skill 3.62 4.00
MathematicsEssential skill 3.50 3.88
Complex Problem SolvingTransferable skill 3.38 3.75
Systems AnalysisTransferable skill 3.12 3.75
Systems EvaluationTransferable skill 3.12 3.75
MonitoringEssential skill 3.12 3.25
Time ManagementTransferable skill 3.12 3.00
CoordinationTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
InstructingTransferable skill 3.00 3.00
Learning StrategiesEssential skill 3.00 3.00
PersuasionTransferable skill 2.88 3.00
Service OrientationTransferable skill 2.88 2.88
Social PerceptivenessTransferable skill 2.88 2.88
NegotiationTransferable skill 2.50 2.88
ProgrammingTransferable skill 2.50 2.50
Management of Personnel ResourcesTransferable skill 2.12 2.00
Quality Control AnalysisTransferable skill 2.00 1.50
Management of Financial ResourcesTransferable skill 1.88 1.75
Operations AnalysisTransferable skill 1.88 1.62
Management of Material ResourcesTransferable skill 1.75 1.25
Operations MonitoringTransferable skill 1.75 1.12
Technology DesignTransferable skill 1.62 0.88
ScienceEssential skill 1.62 0.75
Operation and ControlTransferable skill 1.38 0.38
Equipment MaintenanceTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Equipment SelectionTransferable skill 1.00not rated
InstallationTransferable skill 1.00not rated
RepairingTransferable skill 1.00not rated
TroubleshootingTransferable skill 1.00not rated
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
Knowledge
NameImportanceLevel
Computers and Electronics 4.29 5.41
Mathematics 3.82 4.67
English Language 3.77 4.41
Administration and Management 3.14 4.14
Customer and Personal Service 3.10 3.76
Economics and Accounting 3.00 3.59
Communications and Media 2.59 2.95
Education and Training 2.50 3.32
Sales and Marketing 2.45 3.14
Administrative 2.43 3.64
Design 2.43 2.50
Engineering and Technology 2.36 2.77
Geography 2.23 3.45
Sociology and Anthropology 2.23 2.59
Psychology 2.18 2.41
Law and Government 2.14 2.36
Personnel and Human Resources 1.91 2.23
Production and Processing 1.75 1.57
History and Archeology 1.73 1.77
Telecommunications 1.55 1.14
Public Safety and Security 1.55 1.00
Fine Arts 1.50 1.00
Philosophy and Theology 1.45 1.23
Foreign Language 1.36 0.77
Medicine and Dentistry 1.18not rated
Therapy and Counseling 1.18not rated
Transportation 1.18not rated
Building and Construction 1.14not rated
Food Production 1.14not rated
Mechanical 1.14not rated
Biology 1.09not rated
Chemistry 1.09not rated
Physics 1.09not rated
Abilities
NameImportanceLevel
Oral Comprehension 4.00 4.75
Oral Expression 4.00 4.75
Written Comprehension 4.00 4.62
Inductive Reasoning 4.00 4.38
Written Expression 4.00 4.12
Deductive Reasoning 3.75 4.50
Category Flexibility 3.62 4.00
Information Ordering 3.62 4.00
Mathematical Reasoning 3.50 3.75
Speech Clarity 3.50 3.50
Fluency of Ideas 3.38 3.88
Speech Recognition 3.38 3.38
Problem Sensitivity 3.25 3.50
Flexibility of Closure 3.25 3.12
Number Facility 3.12 3.62
Near Vision 3.12 3.50
Originality 3.12 3.25
Selective Attention 2.75 3.00
Speed of Closure 2.75 2.88
Far Vision 2.62 2.62
Perceptual Speed 2.50 2.75
Visualization 2.25 2.00
Time Sharing 2.12 2.12
Memorization 2.00 2.25
Trunk Strength 1.75 1.12
Visual Color Discrimination 1.62 0.88
Auditory Attention 1.62 0.75
Hearing Sensitivity 1.62 0.75
Wrist-Finger Speed 1.62 0.62
Finger Dexterity 1.50 0.50
Depth Perception 1.38 0.38
Dynamic Strength 1.25not rated
Arm-Hand Steadiness 1.00not rated
Control Precision 1.00not rated
Dynamic Flexibility 1.00not rated
Explosive Strength 1.00not rated
Extent Flexibility 1.00not rated
Glare Sensitivity 1.00not rated
Gross Body Coordination 1.00not rated
Gross Body Equilibrium 1.00not rated
Manual Dexterity 1.00not rated
Multilimb Coordination 1.00not rated
Night Vision 1.00not rated
Peripheral Vision 1.00not rated
Rate Control 1.00not rated
Reaction Time 1.00not rated
Response Orientation 1.00not rated
Sound Localization 1.00not rated
Spatial Orientation 1.00not rated
Speed of Limb Movement 1.00not rated
Stamina 1.00not rated
Static Strength 1.00not rated

Software used

Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.

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  • C# hot
  • C++ hot
  • Django hot
  • ESRI ArcGIS software hot
  • Eclipse IDE hot
  • Elasticsearch hot
  • Epic Systems hot
  • Extensible markup language XML hot
  • Facebook hot
  • Git hot
  • GitHub hot
  • Go hot
  • Google Analytics hot
  • Google Docs hot
  • Google Looker Analytics hot
  • Hibernate ORM hot
  • Hypertext markup language HTML hot
  • IBM DB2 hot
  • IBM SPSS Statistics hot
  • Informatica software hot
  • JavaScript hot
  • JavaScript Object Notation JSON hot
  • Linux hot
  • MEDITECH software hot
  • Marketo Marketing Automation hot
  • Microsoft .NET Framework hot
  • Microsoft ASP.NET hot
  • Microsoft Access hot
  • Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP hot
  • Microsoft Outlook hot
  • Microsoft Power Automate hot
  • Microsoft Power Platform software hot
  • Microsoft PowerShell hot
  • Microsoft Project hot
  • Microsoft SQL Server hot
  • Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS hot
  • Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS hot
  • Microsoft SharePoint hot
  • Microsoft Visio hot
  • Microsoft Visual Basic hot
  • Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA hot
  • Microsoft Visual Studio hot
  • Microsoft Windows Server hot
  • Microsoft Word hot
  • MongoDB hot
  • MySQL hot
  • NoSQL hot
  • Oracle Cloud software hot
  • Oracle Database hot
  • Oracle Java hot
  • Oracle PL/SQL hot
  • Oracle PeopleSoft hot
  • Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management hot
  • Oracle SQL Developer hot
  • PHP hot
  • Perl hot
  • PostgreSQL hot
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux hot
  • Ruby hot
  • SAP ERP hot
  • Scala hot
  • Shell script hot
  • Splunk Enterprise hot
  • Swift hot
  • Teradata Database hot
  • The MathWorks MATLAB hot
  • Transact-SQL hot
  • UNIX hot
  • UNIX Shell hot
  • jQuery hot
  • Actuate Eclipse BIRT
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Advanced business application programming ABAP
  • Airtable
  • Apache Ant
  • Apache Groovy
  • Apache HTTP Server
  • Apache Pig
  • Apache Solr
  • Apache Struts
  • Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge
  • Business Objects Data Integrator
  • Citrix cloud computing software
  • Common business oriented language COBOL
  • Customer information control system CICS
  • Data modeling software
  • Data warehouse software
  • Database software
  • Delphi Technology
  • Drupal
  • Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
  • Eko
  • Enterprise JavaBeans
  • Ext JS
  • Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Fund accounting software
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Google Ads
  • Google Sites
  • Google Slides
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
  • Hewlett Packard HP-UX
  • Hewlett Packard LoadRunner
  • Human resource management software HRMS
  • IBM Cognos Impromptu
  • IBM Domino
  • IBM InfoSphere DataStage
  • IBM Notes
  • IBM Power Systems software
  • IBM Unica Enterprise
  • IBM WebSphere
  • Informatica Data Explorer
  • Information Builders WebFOCUS
  • Integrated development environment IDE software
  • Job control language JCL
  • Jupyter Notebook
  • KornShell
  • LexisNexis
  • McAfee
  • Medical condition coding software
  • Medical procedure coding software
  • MicroStrategy
  • Microsoft ActiveX
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Microsoft Proclarity
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript
  • Minitab
  • Nagios
  • NetSuite ERP
  • NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
  • Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
  • Oracle Eloqua
  • Oracle Essbase
  • Oracle Fusion Applications
  • Oracle Hyperion
  • Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
  • Oracle JDBC
  • Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP
  • Oracle PeopleSoft Financials
  • Oracle Siebel Marketing Resource Management
  • Oracle Solaris
  • Oracle Taleo
  • Oracle WebLogic Server
  • PTC Creo Parametric
  • Panorama NovaView
  • Qlik Tech QlikView
  • Quest Erwin Data Modeler
  • Red Hat WildFly
  • Relational database management software
  • Reporting software
  • Rogue Wave Software IMSL Numerical Libraries
  • Ruby on Rails
  • SAP Business Objects
  • SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator
  • SAP Crystal Reports
  • SAP NetWeaver BW
  • Salesforce Visualforce
  • SiSense Prism
  • Skype
  • StataCorp Stata
  • Tax software
  • Ubuntu
  • Unified modeling language UML
  • Veritas NetBackup
  • Virtual private networking VPN software
  • Wireshark
  • YouTube

Where it concentrates

BLS doesn't publish wages for Business Intelligence Analysts separately. These are the figures for Data Scientists (15-2051), its parent occupation.

Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.

Metro areaEmploymentLocation quotientMedian annual
Bloomington, IL5904.00$120,760
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA6,0603.16$185,080
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10,4602.61$170,110
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA8,3702.38$164,740
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC1,3202.28$106,500
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT2,9702.13$114,990
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC4,4201.93$132,460
Madison, WI1,2901.87Not available
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI2901.85$100,920
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA1,2401.82$103,030

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