Business Analyst salary: $118K median
From 652 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$118Kmedian advertised salary
$96K – $145Kmiddle half of roles
$125Kaverage advertised salary
652roles counted
Business Analyst salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $172K, 30% more than senior roles ($132K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $132K | $110K–$158K | 199 |
| Lead and above | $172K | $138K–$202K | 38 |
| No level in title | $108K | $90K–$134K | 412 |
Business Analyst salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $140K | 97 |
| 🇺🇸California | $136K | 181 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $129K | 26 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $119K | 603 |
| 🇺🇸Boston | $118K | 22 |
| 🇺🇸Denver | $118K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $115K | 106 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $114K | 57 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles | $102K | 40 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $100K | 22 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $98K | 25 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $266K | 7 |
| Anthropic | $238K | 3 |
| Roblox | $202K | 3 |
| Figma | $175K | 3 |
| Pure Storage | $172K | 4 |
| Cowboyspace | $168K | 3 |
| Confido | $164K | 4 |
| Block | $156K | 4 |
| Anduril Industries | $154K | 20 |
| K2 Space | $152K | 4 |
| Coinbase | $150K | 4 |
| Rocket Lab | $146K | 4 |
| Lyft | $144K | 4 |
| Lambda | $143K | 4 |
| Skydio | $140K | 4 |
| Harvey | $140K | 8 |
| Zoox | $140K | 3 |
| GRVTY | $140K | 4 |
| Vast | $138K | 4 |
| Kalles Group | $138K | 3 |
| Voyager Technologies, Inc. | $130K | 6 |
| Machinify | $130K | 3 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $128K | 58 |
| Whoop | $128K | 7 |
| True Anomaly | $128K | 5 |
Highest-paying open Business Analyst roles
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- Trust & Safety Ads Operations Analyst, ProgramsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $280K
- Finance Systems Analyst, TaxAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$205K - $270KPythonSQL
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- Director, Analytics and Business IntelligenceRunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$230K - $250KRemoteLeadSQLdbtSnowflake
- Revenue Operations AnalystBasis Ai · 🇺🇸New York Office$150K - $250KSQLLLM
- Staff Credit Risk AnalystEarnIn · 🇺🇸Remote, US$174K - $246KRemoteLeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
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- Fraud Intelligence AnalystPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$162K - $244KPythonSQL
- Principal Data AnalystHubSpot · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$152K - $244KRemoteLeadMachine LearningLLM
- Senior DevSecOps Functional AnalystAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$117K - $243KSeniorDockerTerraformGCP
- Director, Business Intelligence & Operations — Global Advanced ServicesPure Storage · 🇺🇸Raleigh, North Carolina$197K - $241KLeadSnowflake
- Staff Security Risk AnalystOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$156K - $240KLeadPythonMachine LearningAgile
- Senior Forward Deployed AnalystTwenty · 🇺🇸Fort Meade, MD$137K - $240KSenior
Questions about Business Analyst pay
- What is the average Business Analyst salary?
- $125K a year on average and $118K at the median, across 652 open Business 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 $96K to $145K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Business Analyst pay?
- OpenAI ($266K), Anthropic ($238K), Roblox ($202K), 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 Business Analyst roles at tech companies is $118K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $96K to $145K. Counted from 652 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/business-analyst/
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