Side-by-side distribution
Data Analyst
$110,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 32.9%
- Live roles
- 1,184
MLOps
$190,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 20.3%
- Live roles
- 133
Highest-paying jobs
Senior Product Data Analyst
Financial Crimes & Risk Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
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 Machine Learning Engineer, DevOps/SRE
Staff Machine Learning Operations Engineer
Staff Machine Learning/MLOps Engineer
Senior Data Engineer, MLOps [Remote-US]
Senior, ML Engineer - ML Ops Framework
Senior, ML Engineer - ML Ops Framework
Senior Machine Learning Operations Engineer
Staff ML/LLM Ops Engineer
Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Engineer 3 - NLP/MLOPS
Machine Learning Operations 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Garner Health
|
$297,500 | 2 |
|
Torc Robotics
|
$249,000 | 2 |
|
Quanata
|
$256,500 | 1 |
|
Roku
|
$254,875 | 1 |
|
LVT
|
$242,650 | 1 |
Instacart
|
$212,750 | 1 |
|
Captivation Software
|
$200,000 | 1 |
Cimgroup
|
$200,000 | 1 |
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 Analyst vs MLOps: which pays more?
The median for Data Analyst is $110,000 per year (typically $82,500–$145,080), versus $190,000 for MLOps ($172,500–$233,188). That puts MLOps about 73% 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.