Data Analyst jobs: skills and pay (October 2026)
1,129 open Data Analyst postings (8.6% of data & AI postings) as of October 18, 2026. Median published US pay: $130K (n=270).
Data Analyst pay by level
| Level (from title) | Median pay | Postings with pay (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Intern | — | 2 |
| Entry / junior | — | 2 |
| Mid (II) | $105K | 10 |
| Senior | $142K | 106 |
| Staff / lead | $173K | 34 |
| Principal | — | 3 |
| Level not stated | $104K | 113 |
Median of the published range midpoint, US postings in USD, annualized. Shown only when n ≥ 10; “—” means fewer.
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Top skills in Data Analyst postings
Share of Data Analyst postings that mention each skill.
| # | Skill | Share of Data Analyst postings | Postings | Companies | Week over week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL language | 81.3% | 918 | 1,953 | needs more history | |
| 2 | Python language | 61.1% | 690 | 2,580 | needs more history | |
| 3 | Statistics analytics | 42.0% | 474 | 1,449 | needs more history | |
| 4 | Tableau bi | 40.6% | 458 | 632 | needs more history | |
| 5 | Looker / LookML bi | 28.3% | 319 | 514 | needs more history | |
| 6 | Data quality governance | 28.2% | 318 | 1,200 | needs more history | |
| 7 | A/B testing & experimentation analytics | 26.3% | 297 | 1,076 | needs more history | |
| 8 | Power BI bi | 26.0% | 293 | 473 | needs more history | |
| 9 | Excel bi | 21.8% | 246 | 322 | needs more history | |
| 10 | dbt transformation | 18.9% | 213 | 890 | needs more history | |
| 11 | Data warehousing concept | 15.6% | 176 | 781 | needs more history | |
| 12 | Data modeling concept | 15.2% | 172 | 925 | needs more history | |
| 13 | Snowflake platform | 14.5% | 164 | 882 | needs more history | |
| 14 | BigQuery platform | 14.5% | 164 | 576 | needs more history | |
| 15 | Forecasting / time series ml | 14.4% | 163 | 605 | needs more history | |
| 16 | ETL / ELT concept | 13.1% | 148 | 823 | needs more history | |
| 17 | APIs / REST infra | 12.4% | 140 | 1,554 | needs more history | |
| 18 | Anthropic Claude genai | 10.5% | 118 | 869 | needs more history | |
| 19 | R language | 10.4% | 117 | 252 | needs more history | |
| 20 | Git infra | 10.4% | 117 | 980 | needs more history | |
| 21 | LLMs genai | 10.1% | 114 | 1,791 | needs more history | |
| 22 | AI agents genai | 8.9% | 100 | 1,583 | needs more history | |
| 23 | Data catalog & lineage governance | 8.0% | 90 | 733 | needs more history | |
| 24 | Streaming / real-time concept | 7.8% | 88 | 1,077 | needs more history | |
| 25 | Data governance governance | 7.5% | 85 | 599 | needs more history |