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Data Analyst pay in Washington, DC
What data analysts in the Washington, DC metro earn, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 — and what 29 open roles advertise today.
$132,200
MEDIAN PAY
15-2051
OCCUPATION CODE
Half of data analysts in Washington, DC earn between $105,700 and $172,960. One in ten earn less than $85,250; one in ten earn more than $212,320.
BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · 9,260 employed
BLS counts data analysts and business intelligence analysts with Data Scientists.
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Open roles advertise
$93k–$141k · from 44 postings with a stated range, last 90 days · 29 open roles
What the work is
Develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software. Apply data mining, data modeling, natural language processing, and machine learning to extract and analyze information from large structured and unstructured datasets. Visualize, interpret, and report data findings. May create dynamic data reports.
- Analyze, manipulate, or process large sets of data using statistical software.
- Create graphs, charts, or other visualizations to convey the results of data analysis using specialized software.
- Test, validate, and reformulate models to ensure accurate prediction of outcomes of interest.
- Deliver oral or written presentations of the results of mathematical modeling and data analysis to management or other end users.
- Recommend data-driven solutions to key stakeholders.
- Identify business problems or management objectives that can be addressed through data analysis.
Summary and tasks from O*NET OnLine, 15-2051.00 Data Scientists, O*NET 31.0.
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About this data
Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain; BLS is the source and does not vouch for this page). This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Licences: O*NET database licence (CC BY 4.0) · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Survey figures released 15 May 2026. A figure the survey withholds is left out, never estimated. The open roles beside them are the Washington, DC hub's, whose machine-readable twin is at /jobs/data-analyst/washington-dc/data.json.