Occupations/15-2051.01
Business Intelligence Analysts
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.
Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.
AI automation risk
78%
Higher automation risk
Human characteristics
23%
Fewer uniquely human demands
Task orientation
52%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
- Task
Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
- Task
Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.
Core tasks
- 01Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
- 02Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
- 03Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
- 04Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.
- 05Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications.
- 06Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports, dashboards, or other outputs.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.91
- Degree of automation2.50
- Time sitting4.77
- Originality (ability)3.12
- Conflict situations2.32
- Hands-on objects/tools2.18
- Outdoors / weather1.05
- Disease exposure1.00
- Decision freedom4.23
Top abilities
- Written Expression4.00
- Written Comprehension4.00
- Oral Expression4.00
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Inductive Reasoning4.00
- Deductive Reasoning3.75
- Information Ordering3.62
- Category Flexibility3.62
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension4.00
- Active Listening3.88
- Writing3.75
- Speaking3.88
- Mathematics3.50
- Science1.62
- Critical Thinking3.88
- Active Learning3.88
- Learning Strategies3.00
- Monitoring3.12
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 93 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanford University Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit | Computer Science 11.0701 | $62,400 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $147,858 2 yr $136,499 Bachelor's · CIP 11.07 |
University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · Public | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $15,200 | 24% | 87% | 1 yr $109,429 2 yr $110,878 Bachelor's · CIP 11.01 |
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $14,800 | 11% | 93% | 1 yr $109,392 2 yr $120,462 Bachelor's · CIP 11.01 |
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $68,200 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $103,078 2 yr $100,127 Master's · CIP 11.01 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $17,700 | 18% | 93% | 1 yr $101,903 2 yr $94,281 Bachelor's · CIP 11.01 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Computer Science 11.0701 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr $93,342 2 yr $88,639 Bachelor's · CIP 11.07 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Computer Science 11.0701 | $63,200 | 7% | 91% | 1 yr $91,744 2 yr $84,100 Bachelor's · CIP 11.07 |
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · Public | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $11,800 | 17% | 91% | 1 yr $88,731 2 yr $91,152 Bachelor's · CIP 11.01 |
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $11,700 | 31% | 88% | 1 yr $87,663 2 yr $79,558 Bachelor's · CIP 11.01 |
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX · Public | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $14,600 | 65% | 73% | 1 yr $86,867 2 yr — Master's · CIP 11.01 |
University of St Thomas St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $50,200 | 77% | 82% | 1 yr $84,021 2 yr $88,527 Master's · CIP 11.01 |
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Artificial Intelligence 11.0102 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $81,158 2 yr $79,957 Bachelor's · CIP 11.01 |