Side by side

BI Analyst vs Data Analyst

BI Analyst pays more: a median of $149,000 against $136,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Listings for BI Analyst move faster — median age 75 days against 81.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureBI AnalystData AnalystGap
Open postings9,54012,664-3,124
Posted this week401609
Median salary$149,000$136,000+$13k
25th percentile$118k$108k
75th percentile$185k$169k
Salary disclosed2.7%5.6%
Remote share7.3%3.0%+4.3pp
Median age of posting75d81d
Open over 60 days46.5%38.8%
Visa sponsorship4.9%19.8%
Pay

Pay distribution

BI Analyst

$67k$258k

Data Analyst

$61k$235k
Freshness

How old the listings are

BI Analyst

just posted75d median90d+

Data Analyst

just posted81d median90d+
Demand

What each side asks for

BI Analyst — technologies

SQL
72.0%
Salesforce
65.8%
GCP
59.6%
Docker
53.4%
dbt
47.2%
Terraform
41.0%
Swift
34.8%

Data Analyst — technologies

React
72.0%
Node.js
65.8%
Spark
59.6%
AWS
53.4%
TypeScript
47.2%
Go
41.0%
JavaScript
34.8%

BI Analyst — employers

Tidewater Insurance
9.4%
Lakeshore Hospitality
8.7%
Beacon Robotics
8.0%
Fairmount Legal
7.2%
Northwind Systems
6.5%
Quarry Analytics
5.8%
Cobalt Financial
5.1%

Data Analyst — employers

Lakeshore Hospitality
9.4%
Rivergate Media
8.7%
Beacon Robotics
8.0%
Pinewood Education
7.2%
Quarry Analytics
6.5%
Tidewater Insurance
5.8%
Vantage Logistics
5.1%

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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%.