Business Intelligence Analyst

Also called: BI Developer, Dashboard Developer

Builds dashboards and reports that help leaders track how a business is doing.

A day in the life

You design a live dashboard showing a hospital's emergency-room wait times, then train nurses and managers to use it. When a number looks wrong, you investigate before anyone panics.

Pay over a career

Starting
$60k
Typical
$100k
High
$150k

Estimate.

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

Training

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

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

Majors to look at: Information Systems, Business Analytics.

Outlook

Growing faster than average. Steady demand.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. BI tools now build dashboards and answer questions in plain English, shrinking the need for report builders.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Statistics, Business, Computer applications.

Official data: O*NET occupation 15-2051.

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