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Business Intelligence Analysts

Part of Information Technology, in the Information Support and Services pathway.

Bright outlookJob zone 4: considerable preparationO*NET 15-2051.01

What the work is

Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.

On a typical day

  • Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.
  • Maintain library of model documents, templates, or other reusable knowledge assets.
  • Identify or monitor current and potential customers, using business intelligence tools.
  • Create or review technical design documentation to ensure the accurate development of reporting solutions.
  • Communicate with customers, competitors, suppliers, professional organizations, or others to stay abreast of industry or business trends.
  • Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.

What it pays

$103,290
Median pay per year, San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro
New workers start near $59,790
Experienced workers reach $165,250
  1. $60k10th
  2. $78k25th
  3. $103kMedian
  4. $134k75th
  5. $165k90th
Wage percentiles: 10th $59,790, 25th $78,000, Median $103,290, 75th $134,360, 90th $165,250

About 1,730 people do this job in the San Antonio area.

Job outlook

Alamo region (Bexar and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034. U.S. figures from the BLS for comparison.

+50.8%

employment change in the Alamo region, 1,625 to 2,451 jobs · U.S. +34%

190

openings a year in the Alamo region, from growth and people leaving · U.S. 23,400

1,625

employed in the Alamo region in 2024 · U.S. 245,900

Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree

Skills this career uses

The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.

  1. Reading Comprehension4.3
  2. Critical Thinking4.3
  3. Active Learning4.1
  4. Active Listening4.0
  5. Speaking4.0
  6. Writing4.0
  7. Judgment and Decision Making4.0
  8. Mathematics3.9

Education people in this job have

Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.

  1. Associate degree5%
  2. Bachelor's degree73%
  3. Master's degree23%

Job zone 4, considerable preparation: Usually a bachelor's degree, sometimes a strong associate plus experience.

Alamo programs that lead here

  • Northeast Lakeview
  • Northwest Vista
  • Palo Alto
  • St. Philip's
  • San Antonio
  1. Computer Science

    Transfer pre-major · Science & Technology

  2. Database Administration, A.A.S.

    Degree · Science & Technology

  3. Mathematics

    Transfer pre-major · Science & Technology

  4. Computer Science

    Degree · Certificate · Online option · Science & Technology

  5. Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

    Degree · Certificate · Online option · Science & Technology

  6. DEV MATH

    Transfer pre-major · Science & Technology

  7. Mathematics

    Transfer pre-major · Science & Technology

  8. Mathematics

    Degree · Transfer pre-major · Science & Technology

  9. Mathematics

    Transfer pre-major · Science & Technology

  10. Computer Science

    Transfer pre-major · Science & Technology

  11. Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

    Degree · Online option · Science & Technology

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