What does the US analyst job market look like in October 2026?

1,758 (62%) of US analyst openings are at 404 of the 666 hiring companies, each with approved H-1B workers on record. Financial analyst titles lead at 77%, mostly at Amazon; data analyst titles are at 51%.

A record is employer-wide history, not a promise for a given role, and most postings say nothing about sponsorship either way.

Only 383 (14%) of US analyst openings are entry level. Their posted ranges are more often public (63%) and have a median of $85,450 to $115,400.

1,265 (45%) of postings state pay; the median posted range is $106,000 to $150,000. Product analysts post the highest ($123,600 to $185,000), then data analysts ($98,800 to $149,900), business analysts ($98,000 to $140,000) and financial analysts ($92,050 to $130,000).

217 (8%) of US analyst roles are fully remote. Their median posted range, $127,000 to $157,000, is above the US analyst median.

SQL appears in 71% of postings that list tools and Python in 48%. For data analyst titles: SQL 84%, Python 63%, Tableau 47%, Power BI 35%.

24% of roles were first seen in the last 7 days and 73% in the last 30; 6% have been up for more than 60 days. The cities with the most roles: San Francisco 132, Seattle 127, Chicago 92, Boston 84, Austin 63.

• On a visa or OPT, start with employers that have hired H-1B workers before; they are most of the market, and the record is free to check.
• At entry level, apply early: only 14% of openings are entry level, and most roles are less than a month old.
• SQL is the one skill most postings share. Python and a BI tool widen the list.
• Use the posted range: nearly half of postings state one, and US pay transparency laws are why.

• Sample: every live role with an analyst title (analyst, analytics, BI or insights) in the United States on realanalystjobs.com on 23 October 2026: 2,827 roles at 666 companies. Roles are read daily from employers' own career pages; closed roles drop off.
• Pay: medians of the posted minimums and maximums, from the 1,218 postings with a clean annual USD range. Nothing is estimated.
• H-1B: the company name is matched to the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub; a company with approved H-1B workers in any fiscal year on record counts as a past H-1B employer.
• Entry level is the level the employer states, or junior and graduate title words when none is stated. Remote means the location says remote.

• One day's snapshot of one board. Postings open and close daily.
• The H-1B record covers every occupation at the company, so it is history, not a promise for an analyst role.
• Pay medians cover only postings that state a range, which skews toward states with pay transparency laws.
• realanalystjobs.com reads company career pages; its coverage is large but it is not the whole US market.