Side-by-side distribution
BI Analyst
$108,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.6%
- Live roles
- 126
Data Engineer
$170,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.5%
- Live roles
- 3,152
Highest-paying jobs
Principal Business Intelligence Analyst
Sr Business Intelligence Analyst-Analytics Engineering
Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst – Product Analytics
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Lead BI/Data/Web Developer
Lead BI Developer
Lead BI Developer
Lead BI Developer
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Data Engineer
Staff / Principal Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Data Center Design Engineer, Electrical - Industrial Compute
Software Engineer, AI Data & Evaluation
Software Engineer, Frontier Data Products
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Launch Potato
|
$135,000 | 6 |
|
ZoomInfo Technologies LLC
|
$160,290 | 2 |
Viral Nation Inc.
|
$80,000 | 2 |
| IC Impact.com | $180,000 | 1 |
|
Canarytechnologies
|
$160,000 | 1 |
|
Contentful
|
$148,000 | 1 |
| TT The Trade Desk | $146,200 | 1 |
|
TEGNA Inc.
|
$142,500 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 103 |
Mindrift
|
$76,960 | 57 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$153,850 | 22 |
Esri
|
$134,264 | 16 |
Olsson
|
$122,500 | 14 |
Anduril Industries
|
$174,500 | 13 |
|
OpenAI
|
$312,000 | 12 |
Air Apps
|
$70,422 | 10 |
BI Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| New York | $135,000 | 7 |
Data Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $216,000 | 165 |
| New York | $200,000 | 160 |
| Seattle | $191,100 | 44 |
| Austin | $177,500 | 25 |
| Chicago | $170,000 | 40 |
| Boston | $170,000 | 33 |
| Atlanta | $170,000 | 13 |
| Los Angeles | $160,000 | 21 |
| Denver | $159,370 | 25 |
| Toronto | $147,500 | 26 |
BI Analyst vs Data Engineer: which pays more?
The median for BI Analyst is $108,000 per year (typically $87,500–$145,080), versus $170,000 for Data Engineer ($140,938–$207,500). That puts Data Engineer about 57% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so BI Analyst and Data Engineer are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.