Business Intelligence Manager

Leads the team that builds dashboards and reports so a company can see what's happening in its business.

A day in the life

You review a new sales dashboard with your analysts, meet the CFO about which numbers matter and plan how to roll out AI-generated reports.

Pay over a career

Starting
$95k
Typical
$135k
High
$200k

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 8 years after high school. Bachelor's in information systems, analytics or business.

Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Information Systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science.

Outlook

Growing faster than average. Growing with data use.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. AI automates basic reports and dashboards, so BI teams shrink; data quality and what to measure stay human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Statistics, AP Computer Science Principles, Spreadsheets or computer applications.

Official data: O*NET occupation 11-3021.

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