Side-by-side distribution
Data Analyst
$104,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 30.1%
- Live roles
- 3,072
MLOps
$172,500
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 24.5%
- Live roles
- 200
Highest-paying jobs
PGIM Credit | Senior Analyst, Sustainable Investment Reporting & Strategy
Staff Analyst, Product Analytics
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Fraud & Risk
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Product
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Finance
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Institutional
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Growth
Senior Data Scientist / Analyst, Markets
Senior Quantitative Analyst, Market Analytics
Quantitative AI and Data Analyst - Executive Director
Highest-paying jobs
Staff Machine Learning Operations Engineer
Machine Learning Engineer/Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Devops, AI for Drug Discovery
Principal Machine Learning Operations Engineer
Lead ML Engineer - Advance AI (applied ML, LLM's, ML Ops)
Senior / Staff ML Ops Engineer
Lead Software Platform Engineer, MLOps
Staff MLOps Engineer
Software Engineer - ML Ops (R37)
Senior Staff ML Ops Engineer
Matterport - Senior ML Ops Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,750 | 24 |
PNC
|
$129,250 | 19 |
CACI
|
$128,075 | 12 |
Bank of America
|
$117,400 | 12 |
Northrop Grumman
|
$116,200 | 12 |
KeyBank
|
$98,000 | 11 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$112,900 | 10 |
Air Apps
|
$63,314 | 10 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Weekday AI
|
$202,800 | 2 |
|
Target
|
$197,000 | 2 |
Workday
|
$150,400 | 2 |
RELX
|
$140,450 | 2 |
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$126,300 | 2 |
|
Garner Health
|
$324,500 | 1 |
|
AiDASH, Inc.
|
$250,000 | 1 |
|
TetraScience
|
$235,000 | 1 |
Data Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | $154,100 | 9 |
| San Francisco | $140,000 | 34 |
| Denver | $130,333 | 15 |
| Los Angeles | $126,066 | 14 |
| New York | $118,058 | 128 |
| Boston | $118,000 | 28 |
| Seattle | $116,500 | 13 |
| Chicago | $110,000 | 61 |
| Atlanta | $105,450 | 18 |
| Singapore | $94,640 | 7 |
MLOps salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $188,225 | 6 |
| New York | $186,350 | 6 |
| Seattle | $172,500 | 3 |
| Boston | $162,500 | 3 |
| Toronto | $139,307 | 3 |
Data Analyst vs MLOps: which pays more?
The median for Data Analyst is $104,000 per year (typically $80,575–$130,675), versus $172,500 for MLOps ($139,500–$196,000). That puts MLOps about 66% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Data Analyst and MLOps 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.