Side-by-side distribution
Data Analyst
$110,250
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 29.9%
- Live roles
- 1,183
Data Engineer
$170,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.8%
- Live roles
- 3,005
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Data Analyst, Credit Risk
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Finance
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Product
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Markets
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Growth
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Institutional
Software Engineer, Macro Quant Analytics Technology
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Fraud & Risk
Trust & Safety Ads Operations Analyst, Data
Staff Analytics Analyst, Full Stack (Revenue)
Highest-paying jobs
Staff+ Research Engineer, RL Data Platform
Data Infrastructure Engineer, Pre-training
Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Staff / Principal Data Engineer
Software Engineer - Data Aquisition (systems)
Software Engineer, Data Acquisition
Senior Staff Backline Engineer - Data & AI
Machine Learning Engineer, Distributed Data Systems - Robotics
Software Engineer, Frontier Data Products
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Air Apps
|
$65,173 | 10 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$105,000 | 8 |
| SE Sezzle | $57,600 | 7 |
|
Polymarket
|
$250,000 | 6 |
Lyft
|
$90,804 | 6 |
Klaviyo
|
$155,000 | 5 |
|
Affirm
|
$189,000 | 4 |
Snowflake
|
$181,800 | 4 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 102 |
Mindrift
|
$83,200 | 32 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$144,250 | 27 |
Olsson
|
$121,500 | 21 |
|
OpenAI
|
$315,000 | 17 |
Esri
|
$113,360 | 15 |
Anduril Industries
|
$181,500 | 14 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 13 |
Data Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $159,500 | 11 |
| Boston | $150,000 | 15 |
| New York | $140,000 | 77 |
| San Francisco | $140,000 | 30 |
| Los Angeles | $134,000 | 6 |
| Austin | $121,800 | 7 |
| Denver | $115,000 | 11 |
| Singapore | $114,400 | 3 |
| Atlanta | $102,500 | 3 |
| Chicago | $96,511 | 14 |
Data Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $217,500 | 166 |
| New York | $213,281 | 168 |
| Seattle | $203,750 | 42 |
| Boston | $185,000 | 29 |
| Los Angeles | $175,000 | 21 |
| Chicago | $175,000 | 34 |
| Austin | $168,935 | 17 |
| Denver | $150,000 | 28 |
| Atlanta | $145,163 | 12 |
| London | $144,187 | 11 |
Data Analyst vs Data Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Data Analyst is $110,250 per year (typically $85,074–$154,500), versus $170,000 for Data Engineer ($143,125–$215,000). 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.