Side by side

BI Analyst vs Data Engineer

BI Analyst pays more: a median of $149,000 against $140,500. There is 3.0× more demand for Data Engineer. Listings for Data Engineer move faster — median age 55 days against 75.

Comparison

Side by side

MeasureBI AnalystData EngineerGap
Open postings9,54028,245-18,705
Posted this week4012,126
Median salary$149,000$140,500+$8.5k
25th percentile$118k$111k
75th percentile$185k$174k
Salary disclosed2.7%5.4%
Remote share7.3%6.8%+0.5pp
Median age of posting75d55d
Open over 60 days46.5%49.3%
Visa sponsorship4.9%24.3%
Pay

Pay distribution

BI Analyst

$67k$258k

Data Engineer

$63k$243k
Freshness

How old the listings are

BI Analyst

just posted75d median90d+

Data Engineer

just posted55d 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 Engineer — technologies

Python
72.0%
HubSpot
65.8%
JavaScript
59.6%
Docker
53.4%
TypeScript
47.2%
Tableau
41.0%
React
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 Engineer — employers

Vantage Logistics
9.4%
Brightline Retail
8.7%
Beacon Robotics
8.0%
Lakeshore Hospitality
7.2%
Pinewood Education
6.5%
Quarry Analytics
5.8%
Halcyon Energy
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%.