Data & Analytics Salaries.

26 roles. 81 cities.

National salary data. Last updated April 2026.

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Highest Paying

$267,000

Data Engineering Director

Industry Median

$133,000

Synthetic Data Engineer

Entry Level

$101,000

Business Analyst

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

The data & analytics industry includes 26 tracked roles with national median salaries ranging from $101,000 to $267,000. The highest-paying role is Data Engineering Director at $267,000 national median. Data and analytics professionals transform raw information into actionable business insights.

About data & analytics salaries

Data and analytics professionals transform raw information into actionable business insights. This industry spans data analysts building dashboards to data engineers designing pipelines and architects modeling enterprise data ecosystems. As organizations become more data-driven, compensation for professionals who bridge technical skill with business acumen continues to rise.

All data & analytics roles by salary

#	Role	Median	Range
1	Data Engineering Director	$267,000	$227,000 to $347,000
2	AI Data Governance Manager	$171,000	$129,000 to $223,000
3	AI Data Labeling Manager	$171,000	$129,000 to $223,000
4	Data Engineering Manager	$171,000	$134,000 to $216,000
5	Data Engineer	$136,000	$108,000 to $169,000
6	AI Data Engineer	$136,000	$104,000 to $175,000
7	Data Architect (AI/ML)	$136,000	$104,000 to $175,000
8	AI Analytics Engineer	$136,000	$104,000 to $175,000
9	Feature Store Engineer	$136,000	$108,000 to $169,000
10	Data Pipeline Engineer (ML)	$136,000	$104,000 to $175,000
11	AI Data Quality Engineer	$136,000	$104,000 to $175,000
12	Knowledge Graph Engineer	$136,000	$104,000 to $175,000
13	Unstructured Data Engineer	$136,000	$108,000 to $169,000
14	Synthetic Data Engineer	$133,000	$103,000 to $169,000
15	AI Data Marketplace Engineer	$133,000	$99,000 to $174,000
16	AI Data Pipeline Engineer	$133,000	$99,000 to $174,000
17	Data Analyst	$113,000	$83,000 to $156,000
18	AI/ML Data Analyst	$113,000	$78,000 to $162,000
19	AI Data Scientist	$113,000	$78,000 to $162,000
20	AI Business Intelligence Analyst	$113,000	$78,000 to $162,000
21	Predictive Modeling Specialist	$113,000	$83,000 to $156,000
22	Data Curation Specialist	$113,000	$83,000 to $156,000
23	AI Data Curator	$113,000	$78,000 to $162,000
24	Synthetic Data Scientist	$113,000	$83,000 to $156,000
25	AI Data Governance Engineer	$105,000	$72,000 to $137,000
26	Business Analyst	$101,000	$77,000 to $133,000

Top cities for data & analytics

Cities ranked by average median salary across all 26 data & analytics roles.

#	City	Avg Median	COL Index
1	San Jose, CA	$186,308	1.38x
2	San Francisco, CA	$182,000	1.35x
3	Honolulu, HI	$176,038	1.30x
4	New York, NY	$172,808	1.28x
5	Washington DC, DC	$168,115	1.25x
6	Seattle, WA	$167,115	1.24x
7	Boston, MA	$165,500	1.22x
8	Arlington, VA	$164,731	1.22x

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