Side-by-side distribution
Data Analyst
$110,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 32.9%
- Live roles
- 1,184
Data Engineer
$170,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 33.1%
- Live roles
- 3,338
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Product Data Analyst
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Senior Marketing Analyst, Strategy & Analytics - US-Based
Senior Marketing Analyst, Strategy & Analytics
Software Engineer, Macro Quant Analytics Technology
Data Analyst II
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Forward Deployed Engineer, Data Engineering
Staff / Principal Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Burson
|
$55,000 | 16 |
Anduril Industries
|
$130,500 | 11 |
Air Apps
|
$65,766 | 9 |
Launch Potato
|
$135,000 | 6 |
Lyft
|
$94,575 | 6 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$106,400 | 5 |
Affirm
|
$175,000 | 4 |
| YI YipitData | $172,500 | 4 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 102 |
Mindrift
|
$76,960 | 59 |
|
Accenture Federal Services
|
$153,850 | 22 |
Esri
|
$134,264 | 16 |
Olsson
|
$125,000 | 15 |
|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 14 |
OpenAI
|
$308,250 | 12 |
Snowflake
|
$231,141 | 12 |
Data Analyst salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $193,000 | 9 |
| San Francisco | $137,500 | 25 |
| New York | $122,575 | 86 |
| Boston | $120,000 | 13 |
| Denver | $117,000 | 12 |
| Chicago | $97,412 | 13 |
| Toronto | $90,750 | 20 |
| Los Angeles | $89,500 | 11 |
| Berlin | $79,912 | 4 |
| Austin | $72,500 | 6 |
Data Engineer salary by location
| Location | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $216,000 | 165 |
| New York | $200,250 | 162 |
| Seattle | $191,100 | 50 |
| Austin | $185,000 | 25 |
| Boston | $172,250 | 28 |
| Atlanta | $170,000 | 11 |
| Chicago | $168,000 | 32 |
| Los Angeles | $160,000 | 20 |
| Toronto | $150,000 | 33 |
| Denver | $145,150 | 25 |
Data Analyst vs Data Engineer: which pays more?
The median for Data Analyst is $110,000 per year (typically $82,500–$145,080), versus $170,000 for Data Engineer ($139,848–$207,500). That puts Data Engineer about 55% 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.