Which pays more, Business Analyst or Receptionist?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Business Analyst vs Receptionist

Business Analyst pays more: a median of $88,500 against $79,500. There is 1.7× more demand for Business Analyst. Receptionist is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 6.8%. Listings for Receptionist move faster — median age 32 days against 78.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Business Analyst	Receptionist	Gap
Open postings	30,754	18,327	+12,427
Posted this week	1,190	1,608
Median salary	$88,500	$79,500	+$9k
25th percentile	$70k	$63k
75th percentile	$110k	$98.5k
Salary disclosed	5.4%	8.5%
Remote share	5.8%	12.6%	-6.8pp
Median age of posting	78d	32d
Open over 60 days	35.4%	40.6%
Visa sponsorship	8.2%	14.4%

Pay

Pay distribution

Business Analyst

$40k$153k

Receptionist

$36k$138k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Business Analyst

just posted78d median90d+

Receptionist

just posted32d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Business Analyst — technologies

Kubernetes

72.0%

Kotlin

65.8%

Python

59.6%

Docker

53.4%

Terraform

47.2%

JavaScript

41.0%

HubSpot

34.8%

Receptionist — technologies

Terraform

72.0%

Java

65.8%

Figma

59.6%

AWS

53.4%

JavaScript

47.2%

Python

41.0%

Spark

34.8%

Business Analyst — employers

Beacon Robotics

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Lakeshore Hospitality

8.0%

Halcyon Energy

7.2%

Aperture Labs

6.5%

Vantage Logistics

5.8%

Ironbark Manufacturing

5.1%

Receptionist — employers

Quarry Analytics

9.4%

Solstice Biotech

8.7%

Vantage Logistics

8.0%

Brightline Retail

7.2%

Ironbark Manufacturing

6.5%

Halcyon Energy

5.8%

Cobalt Financial

5.1%

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Other Operations & Admin comparisons

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.