Data Analyst vs Data Engineer
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Pay
Data Analyst
$105,000 typical, a year
Most Data Analysts earn $84,800 to $130,400 a year.
From 1,144 postings that list pay
2,858 open jobs now
Data Engineer
$150,000 typical, a year
Most Data Engineers earn $126,800 to $177,100 a year.
From 1,328 postings that list pay
3,163 open jobs now
Data Engineers typically earn about $45,000 more a year than Data Analysts.
What each one does
Data Analyst
- Analyze data to find trends and patterns in business operations.
- Create visual dashboards and reports to present data clearly.
- Write and run queries to extract data from databases.
- Work with teams to understand data needs and requirements.
- Clean and organize data to ensure it is accurate and reliable.
- Communicate findings and recommendations to business leaders.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Data Engineer
- Design and build scalable data pipelines to ingest and process large datasets.
- Develop and maintain data models using SQL and transformation tools.
- Implement data quality controls and monitoring to ensure system reliability.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Optimize data systems for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Document data architectures and provide technical guidance to the team.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Data Analyst
Asked for in both
- SQL 7 in 10 postings
- Python 4 in 10 postings
- Data Modeling 2 in 10 postings
More common in Data Analyst postings
- Tableau 5 in 10 postings
- Power BI 5 in 10 postings
- Data Analysis 4 in 10 postings
- Data Visualization 4 in 10 postings
- Microsoft Excel 3 in 10 postings
- R 2 in 10 postings
- Data Science 2 in 10 postings
Data Engineer
Asked for in both
- SQL 6 in 10 postings
- Python 6 in 10 postings
- Data Modeling 4 in 10 postings
More common in Data Engineer postings
- Data Engineering 6 in 10 postings
- Data Pipeline 4 in 10 postings
- AWS 3 in 10 postings
- Databricks 3 in 10 postings
- ETL/ELT 3 in 10 postings
- Snowflake 3 in 10 postings
- Data Warehousing 3 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Open jobs
Data Analyst
- $167,910 - $205,690/yrstated San Mateo, CA, United StatesPythonSQLGitRRegulatory Compliance +4
Client Reporting Analyst
Voya Financial$90k - $105k/yrstated Atlanta, GASQLMicrosoft PowerPointPower BIMicrosoft ExcelGitHub Copilot +2
Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer
Mizuho Financial Group$112k - $200k/yrstated New York, NY (1271 AOA/6th Ave) HybridPythonAWSSQLApache AirflowAzure +18- Pay not stated GeorgiaTerraformDockerAWSApache KafkaCI/CD +15
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