Analyst salary: $125K median
From 574 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$125Kmedian advertised salary
$100K – $155Kmiddle half of roles
$131Kaverage advertised salary
574roles counted
Analyst salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $168K, 23% more than senior roles ($136K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $136K | $112K–$160K | 249 |
| Lead and above | $168K | $148K–$198K | 35 |
| No level in title | $108K | $90K–$133K | 289 |
Analyst salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $154K | 129 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $142K | 36 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $140K | 37 |
| 🇺🇸California | $140K | 197 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $132K | 103 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $125K | 531 |
| 🇺🇸Boston | $122K | 22 |
| 🇺🇸Denver | $120K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $114K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $108K | 39 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $105K | 45 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $265K | 9 |
| OpenAI | $243K | 6 |
| Pure Storage | $191K | 5 |
| Roblox | $187K | 5 |
| Lambda | $180K | 10 |
| Figma | $175K | 3 |
| Garner Health | $170K | 6 |
| Okta | $162K | 6 |
| Block | $156K | 5 |
| Plaid | $154K | 6 |
| Justworks | $153K | 5 |
| Zoox | $152K | 5 |
| Culture Amp | $150K | 3 |
| Skydio | $148K | 5 |
| Crusoe | $145K | 13 |
| Coinbase | $145K | 8 |
| Lyft | $144K | 4 |
| Harvey | $140K | 9 |
| Elastic | $136K | 3 |
| True Anomaly | $136K | 8 |
| xAI | $133K | 4 |
| Ramp | $133K | 5 |
| Bill | $130K | 4 |
| Whoop | $130K | 10 |
| Rocket Lab | $128K | 10 |
Highest-paying open Analyst roles
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Questions about Analyst pay
- What is the average Analyst salary?
- $131K a year on average and $125K at the median, across 574 open Analyst postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $100K to $155K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Analyst pay?
- Anthropic ($265K), OpenAI ($243K), Pure Storage ($191K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Analyst roles at tech companies is $125K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $100K to $155K. Counted from 574 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/analyst/
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