Marketing Analyst

Also called: Digital Marketing Analyst

Analyzes marketing data to figure out which campaigns work and why.

A day in the life

You pull campaign results, build a dashboard showing cost per customer by channel, and recommend cutting a poorly performing ad.

Pay over a career

Starting
$48k
Typical
$75k
High
$115k

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 marketing, statistics, or economics.

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

Majors to look at: Marketing, Statistics, Economics.

Outlook

Growing faster than average (about 7% over 10 years). Tracks BLS market research analysts and marketing specialists.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI analytics tools now answer many reporting questions on their own, so fewer junior analysts are hired; interpreting results stays.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Statistics, Spreadsheets or computer applications, AP Microeconomics.

Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1161.

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