The Business Analyst Salary Guide

What is a business analyst salary?

Business analysts are in high demand, and their salaries reflect their skills and expertise. The salary of a business analyst can be influenced by several factors such as experience, industry, location, and job title. Generally, with increased experience, business analysts can expect to command higher salaries.

The busines analyst salary guide provides the overview of salaries in various industries, also showing a more detailed view on each industry page, with a deep dive into how much entry level, senior and lead business analysts can earn depending on their experience.

Where do you get the data from?

We only used data from jobs posted on our website to calculate business analyst salaries. In the brackets next to each industry you can see how many business analyst jobs in the said industry we have on our site.

Please note that in some cases we currently only have < 10 data points to draw from, therefore the accuracy will improve as the amount of business analyst job opportunities on the site increases.

The business analyst salary guide is being updated every quarter.

Last update: 13th November, 2023

Business Analyst Salary Guide - by Experience

Entry Level Business Analyst (99)

$38,000

$80,000

$81,656

$175,175

Senior Business Analyst (226)

$48,500

$95,000

$100,330

$267,245

Lead Business Analyst (240)

$51,200

$110,000

$115,987

$250,000

Business Analyst Salary Guide - by industry

Automotive (15)

$64,000

$87,857

$100,832

$216,000

Communications (10)

$45,000

$85,520

$86,570

$139,500

Consulting (57)

$45,000

$100,000

$106,285

$232,500

$60,000

$70,000

$70,000

$80,000

$45,700

$90,000

$94,885

$150,689

$45,000

$103,367

$109,629

$208,900

Entertainment (24)

$57,599

$100,000

$106,751

$229,140

Financial (113)

$45,000

$104,000

$109,047

$250,000

Healthcare (58)

$38,000

$93,600

$97,859

$224,000

$49,000

$90,000

$95,547

$186,500

$65,000

$109,913

$115,181

$250,000

Manufacturing (28)

$60,000

$95,091

$101,105

$170,000

$60,000

$90,500

$87,500

$120,000

$50,900

$90,000

$98,065

$267,245

Real Estate (10)

$59,500

$103,350

$100,568

$148,000

Recruitment (4)

$83,400

$117,500

$134,738

$236,400

$65,800

$129,850

$125,422

$200,000

$50,000

$90,000

$97,801

$175,175

$47,500

$103,050

$110,757

$246,000

Business Analyst Salary Guide - by State

$66,600

$74,900

$74,900

$83,200

Alabama, AL (3)

$60,060

$79,000

$89,803

$166,000

Arkansas, AR (3)

$50,500

$71,393

$72,121

$100,000

Arizona, AZ (2)

$60,000

$97,265

$99,645

$144,050

California, CA (105)

$38,000

$101,534

$108,591

$250,000

Colorado, CO (30)

$57,599

$93,800

$99,429

$183,600

Connecticut, CT (8)

$49,000

$101,500

$109,210

$186,500

$60,000

$92,500

$101,259

$200,000

Delaware, DE (2)

$55,600

$71,115

$69,815

$81,430

Florida, FL (12)

$45,000

$89,850

$89,624

$158,780

Georgia, GA (10)

$45,000

$97,750

$100,994

$161,700

$65,000

$80,000

$80,000

$95,000

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Illinois, IL (9)

$70,000

$109,000

$112,012

$170,000

Indiana, IN (2)

$45,000

$59,400

$64,450

$94,000

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Kentucky, KY (1)

$78,000

$87,000

$87,000

$96,000

Louisiana, LA (-)

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$60,000

$102,400

$114,708

$224,000

Maryland, MD (4)

$85,000

$90,000

$102,825

$175,500

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Michigan, MI (6)

$60,000

$85,000

$97,250

$170,000

Minnesota, MN (5)

$58,000

$90,000

$88,879

$128,590

Missouri, MO (13)

$54,978

$94,700

$87,815

$120,000

Mississippi, MS (-)

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Montana, MT (-)

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North Dakota, ND (-)

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$54,000

$85,250

$102,342

$168,700

Nebraska, NE (-)

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$102,000

$115,950

$115,950

$129,900

New Jersey, NJ (21)

$50,900

$114,900

$114,199

$225,000

New Mexico, NM (-)

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$91,800

$150,515

$147,435

$196,912

New York, NY (72)

$45,700

$100,000

$110,083

$250,000

$68,500

$98,625

$103,158

$155,200

Oklahoma, OK (-)

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$93,000

$113,015

$115,770

$144,050

$57,411

$95,000

$95,358

$130,000

$45,000

$93,875

$97,215

$238,000

Rhode Island, RI (2)

$63,000

$94,050

$112,775

$200,000

$64,080

$80,100

$80,100

$96,120

South Dakota, SD (-)

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Tennessee, TN (4)

$64,000

$89,200

$101,788

$174,800

$45,000

$95,000

$95,424

$180,000

$60,795

$84,500

$82,772

$105,000

Virginia, VA (13)

$48,067

$86,050

$96,334

$172,300

Vermont, VT (-)

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Washington, WA (42)

$47,500

$108,178

$115,506

$267,245

Wisconsin, WI (1)

$64,000

$80,000

$80,000

$96,000

West Virginia, WV (0)

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Wyoming, WY (0)

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