Business Intelligence Analysts
Computer and Mathematical
Most of the week goes to pulling numbers from repositories and turning them into standard or custom reports on business, financial, or economic results. Dashboards and reporting tools have to be kept current, documented, and supported when something breaks or a new view is needed. The role also means watching industry or geographic trends that could change strategy, and collecting material from public sources, field reports, or purchased data. Information has to reach the right people on time. Works well for those who prefer structured reporting, keeping systems tidy, and showing what the numbers mean for a business.
Typical education: Bachelor’s Degree (4-year)
Annual Median Wage in Field (2025)
$120'230
Median Wage Market Position
$120'230
What you might do
- Produce reports summarizing business and financial data
- Keep intelligence tools and dashboards current
- Deliver timely business information to users
- Analyze industry and geographic trends for strategy
- Gather data from reports and public sources
- Write the specifications for new reports
Skills that matter
- Querying data for executive and client reports
- Maintaining dashboards, databases, and reporting tools
- Spotting industry and geographic business trends
- Supporting users of reports and dashboards
- Documenting specifications for reports and dashboards
- Collecting data from public and purchased sources
AI & the future of this role
Dashboards, trend spotting, and recurring business reports may be assembled largely by automated analytics tools. Stakeholder questioning and judgment on what the numbers mean still help, yet the bulk of desk reporting appears highly exposed.
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