What is the average Data Analyst salary in the United States?

The median midpoint of 220 live Data Analyst postings in the United States is $165k a year. Half of them fall between $130k and $201k.

How does Data Analyst pay change with seniority?

senior postings $159k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.

Which companies pay Data Analyst roles the most?

Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Anthropic ($310k), Pinterest ($271k), OpenAI ($266k), Olema Oncology ($240k).

Where do these numbers come from?

From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.

Data Analyst salary in the United States

What employers are offering right now, from 220 live Data Analyst postings in the United States that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.

Median

$165k

a year, base pay

Middle half

$130k–$201k

25th to 75th percentile

Highest posted

$356k

range midpoint

How the offers are spread

$80k

$109k

$138k

$166k

$195k

$224k

$253k

$281k

Data Analyst pay by level

Level	Median	Postings
Mid level	$175k	5
Senior	$159k	76
Staff & principal	$201k	16
Director & executive	$234k	18

Data Analyst pay by location

Location	Median	Postings
San Francisco	$200k	59
SF Bay Area	$192k	72
Boston	$191k	9
Remote (US)	$179k	61
Seattle	$166k	12
Chicago	$161k	16
New York	$157k	86
Washington, DC	$141k	16
Austin	$139k	7
Denver	$127k	8
Toronto	$118k	5

Top-paying companies for Data Analyst roles

Company	Median	Postings
Anthropic	$310k	2
Pinterest	$271k	3
OpenAI	$266k	6
Olema Oncology	$240k	2
Faire	$233k	7
Sentry	$230k	2
Toast	$221k	2
Baseten	$220k	3
Perplexity	$216k	2
Affirm	$215k	5
January	$205k	2
Tower Research Capital	$203k	2

Highest-paying open Data Analyst jobs

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OpenAI

Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Analytics Platform

San Francisco Full-time $266k – $445k/yr

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Tango Therapeutics

Head of Insights & Analytics

Boston, MA $275k – $413k/yr

data scienceanalyticsDirect from employer Sep 6

Faire

Strategy & Analytics Senior Director, Discovery

New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA $286k – $393k/yr

machine learninganalyticsDirect from employer 16d ago

Anthropic

Recruiting Analytics Data Engineer

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA $285k – $380k/yr

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Sentry

Engineering Manager, Events Analytics Platform

San Francisco, California Full-time $220k – $400k/yr

pythonrustanalyticsDirect from employer 19d ago

Life360Remote

Senior Director, Analytics and Data Science, Core Product & Growth

Remote, USA; Remote, Canada $247k – $366k/yr

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Data Analyst salary: common questions

What is the average Data Analyst salary in the United States?: The median midpoint of 220 live Data Analyst postings in the United States is $165k a year. Half of them fall between $130k and $201k.
How does Data Analyst pay change with seniority?: senior postings $159k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.
Which companies pay Data Analyst roles the most?: Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Anthropic ($310k), Pinterest ($271k), OpenAI ($266k), Olema Oncology ($240k).
Where do these numbers come from?: From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.

JobApplyPilot reads employers' own job postings. Pay shown is base salary from published ranges, not total compensation.