Data & Analytics Salaries.
26 roles. 81 cities.
National salary data. Last updated April 2026.
Highest Paying
$215,000
Data Engineering Director
Industry Median
$150,000
AI Data Pipeline Engineer
Entry Level
$78,000
Data Analyst
Salary data sourced from Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, H-1B Labor Condition Applications (DOL), state pay-transparency job postings, and community submissions. Ranges reflect 25th to 75th percentile for full-time positions. Last updated June 2026.
The data & analytics industry includes 26 tracked roles with national median salaries ranging from $78,000 to $215,000. The highest-paying role is Data Engineering Director at $215,000 national median. Data and analytics professionals transform raw information into actionable business insights.
About data & analytics salaries
Data and analytics professionals transform raw information into actionable business insights. This industry spans data analysts building dashboards to data engineers designing pipelines and architects modeling enterprise data ecosystems. As organizations become more data-driven, compensation for professionals who bridge technical skill with business acumen continues to rise.
All data & analytics roles by salary
| # | Role | Median | Range |
|---|
| 1 | Data Engineering Director | $215,000 | $168,000 to $280,000 |
| 2 | Data Architect (AI/ML) | $178,000 | $135,000 to $232,000 |
| 3 | AI Data Governance Manager | $175,000 | $130,000 to $225,000 |
| 4 | Data Engineering Manager | $175,000 | $137,000 to $228,000 |
| 5 | Feature Store Engineer | $172,000 | $130,000 to $225,000 |
| 6 | Knowledge Graph Engineer | $170,000 | $128,000 to $222,000 |
| 7 | Synthetic Data Engineer | $165,000 | $125,000 to $215,000 |
| 8 | Data Pipeline Engineer (ML) | $158,000 | $120,000 to $208,000 |
| 9 | AI Data Engineer | $155,000 | $118,000 to $202,000 |
| 10 | Synthetic Data Scientist | $155,000 | $121,000 to $202,000 |
| 11 | AI Data Scientist | $152,000 | $115,000 to $198,000 |
| 12 | Unstructured Data Engineer | $152,000 | $115,000 to $200,000 |
| 13 | Data Engineer | $150,000 | $115,000 to $195,000 |
| 14 | AI Data Pipeline Engineer | $150,000 | $117,000 to $195,000 |
| 15 | Predictive Modeling Specialist | $145,000 | $110,000 to $192,000 |
| 16 | AI Data Marketplace Engineer | $145,000 | $110,000 to $182,000 |
| 17 | AI Analytics Engineer | $142,000 | $108,000 to $185,000 |
| 18 | AI Data Quality Engineer | $140,000 | $105,000 to $185,000 |
| 19 | AI Data Governance Engineer | $140,000 | $109,000 to $182,000 |
| 20 | AI/ML Data Analyst | $125,000 | $95,000 to $165,000 |
| 21 | AI Business Intelligence Analyst | $118,000 | $88,000 to $158,000 |
| 22 | AI Data Labeling Manager | $115,000 | $85,000 to $155,000 |
| 23 | Data Curation Specialist | $102,000 | $75,000 to $138,000 |
| 24 | AI Data Curator | $95,000 | $74,000 to $124,000 |
| 25 | Business Analyst | $88,000 | $68,000 to $115,000 |
| 26 | Data Analyst | $78,000 | $60,000 to $100,000 |
Top cities for data & analytics
Cities ranked by average median salary across all 26 data & analytics roles.
| # | City | Avg Median | COL Index |
|---|
| 1 | San Jose, CA | $199,115 | 1.38x |
| 2 | San Francisco, CA | $194,577 | 1.35x |
| 3 | Honolulu, HI | $188,615 | 1.30x |
| 4 | New York, NY | $184,654 | 1.28x |
| 5 | Washington DC, DC | $179,500 | 1.25x |
| 6 | Seattle, WA | $178,231 | 1.24x |
| 7 | Boston, MA | $176,885 | 1.22x |
| 8 | Arlington, VA | $176,192 | 1.22x |
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