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Data Analyst job title trend since Apr 2011

Engineering · Fading · in 0.46% of HN hiring posts · 38 open roles at 20 companies · median $145k · first seen Apr 2011

First sighting

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago

12 of 20 companies (top 12 shown)

Open roles

8 of 38; company pages list the rest
Role
Senior Data Analyst, Public SectorScale AIWashington, DC$184k to $230k
Senior Data Analyst, Strategic FinanceVantaRemote U.S.$133k to $156k
Senior Data AnalystInstacartUnited States - Remote (except California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Washington)$144k to $152k
Senior Data Analyst, PeopleFivetranOakland, California, United States, AMER$156k to $195k
Staff Business Intelligence Analyst, ResilienceWaymoSan Francisco, CA; Mountain View, CA$200k to $247k
Senior, Business Intelligence EngineerTwilioRemote - US$117k to $146k
CX Data AnalystHarveySan Francisco$112k to $168k
Data Analyst, In-StoreDoorDashNew York, NY; San Francisco, CA; San Jose, CA; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; Washington D.C.; Austin, TX; Chicago, IL$99k to $145k

Share of Hacker News hiring posts

990 posts since Apr 2011 · -52% in 6 months
September 2026 1 of 256 postings, 0.39%
3-month averageEach monthFirst sighting
About this title

Answers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.

Also counted: BI analyst, business intelligence

First sighting
...and solve deeply analytic questions for customers. 2) Business Intelligence Developer- Want to combine passion for stat/econ/business and...
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2011) . Took off in March 2012, when its 12-month share first reached a quarter of its best.

Median posted salary $145k from 18 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.

Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

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