Side-by-side distribution
Data Analyst
$103,600
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 30.4%
- Live roles
- 3,083
Data Engineer
$160,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 29.3%
- Live roles
- 5,572
Highest-paying jobs
PGIM Credit | Senior Analyst, Sustainable Investment Reporting & Strategy
Staff Analyst, Product Analytics
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Product
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Fraud & Risk
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Growth
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Finance
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Institutional
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Markets
Senior Quantitative Analyst, Market Analytics
Quantitative AI and Data Analyst - Executive Director
Highest-paying jobs
Pre-training Data Infrastructure Engineer
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Staff / Principal Data Engineer
Software Engineer, Data Acquisition
Software Engineer - Data Aquisition (systems)
Software Engineer, Frontier Data Products
Research Engineer - Environments, Data and Post-Training
Software Engineer, Search Systems - Code Data
Data Engineer
Data Platform Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,750 | 22 |
PNC
|
$129,125 | 20 |
CACI
|
$121,950 | 11 |
Bank of America
|
$116,800 | 11 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$114,700 | 11 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$112,900 | 10 |
KeyBank
|
$98,000 | 10 |
Air Apps
|
$63,314 | 10 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,800 | 81 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$149,800 | 28 |
|
CACI
|
$139,950 | 25 |
Olsson
|
$120,000 | 21 |
Leidos
|
$151,475 | 19 |
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$127,350 | 18 |
Blue Origin
|
$188,162 | 17 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 16 |
Data Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $144,550 | 10 |
| San Francisco | $140,000 | 32 |
| Denver | $130,591 | 16 |
| Los Angeles | $128,400 | 12 |
| New York | $118,058 | 133 |
| Seattle | $115,500 | 12 |
| Boston | $115,500 | 26 |
| Chicago | $110,000 | 63 |
| Atlanta | $102,500 | 19 |
| Singapore | $94,640 | 7 |
Data Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $211,000 | 192 |
| Seattle | $196,700 | 69 |
| New York | $192,736 | 213 |
| Los Angeles | $180,350 | 33 |
| Boston | $173,750 | 53 |
| Singapore | $165,000 | 5 |
| Austin | $161,450 | 51 |
| Chicago | $154,600 | 90 |
| Denver | $153,300 | 56 |
| Atlanta | $153,300 | 35 |
Data Analyst vs Data Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Data Analyst is $103,600 per year (typically $80,200–$130,500), versus $160,000 for Data Engineer ($127,488–$198,000). That puts Data Engineer about 54% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Data 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.