{"source":"RealAnalystJobs","title":"US analyst job postings: H-1B employers, entry level, pay and remote, October 2026","question":"What does the US analyst job market look like in October 2026?","url":"https://realanalystjobs.com/research/us-analyst-job-market-october-2026","answer":"It is open to visa holders but thin at entry level. Of 2,827 US analyst postings on realanalystjobs.com read on 23 October 2026, 1,758 (62%) are at the 404 companies that have hired H-1B workers before, only 383 (14%) are entry level, and 1,265 (45%) state pay, with a median posted range of $106,000 to $150,000. Remote roles are 8% of openings and post higher ranges ($127,000 to $157,000).","scope":"2,827 US analyst postings on realanalystjobs.com read on 23 October 2026","sampleSize":2827,"temporalCoverage":"2026-10-23","lastUpdated":"2026-10-23","license":{"name":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},"citation":"RealAnalystJobs (2026). US analyst job postings: H-1B employers, entry level, pay and remote, October 2026. Based on 2,827 US analyst postings on realanalystjobs.com read on 23 October 2026. https://realanalystjobs.com/research/us-analyst-job-market-october-2026 (CC BY 4.0).","method":["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."],"limitations":["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."],"tables":[{"caption":"US analyst postings by title family, 23 October 2026","columns":["Title family","Live roles","At past H-1B employers","Entry level","State pay","Median posted range"],"rows":[["All US analyst roles","2,827","62%","14%","45%","$106,000 to $150,000"],["Data analyst","372","51%","13%","48%","$98,800 to $149,900"],["Business analyst","412","49%","9%","30%","$98,000 to $140,000"],["Financial analyst","379","77%","12%","43%","$92,050 to $130,000"],["Product analyst","86","67%","8%","58%","$123,600 to $185,000"],["Remote, any title","217","63%","","52%","$127,000 to $157,000"],["Entry level, any title","399","54%","","63%","$85,450 to $115,400"]],"note":"The remote and entry-level rows cut across titles; the title-family rows do not overlap each other."}],"data":{"readOn":"2026-10-23","us":{"roles":2827,"companies":666,"h1bRoles":1758,"h1bCompanies":404,"entry":383,"statePay":1265,"payRanges":1218,"payMin":106000,"payMax":150000,"remote":217,"last7":665,"last30":2064,"over60":169,"sqlPct":71,"pythonPct":48},"families":[{"name":"Data analyst","roles":372,"h1bPct":51,"entryPct":13,"statePayPct":48,"payMin":98800,"payMax":149900,"payRanges":168},{"name":"Business analyst","roles":412,"h1bPct":49,"entryPct":9,"statePayPct":30,"payMin":98000,"payMax":140000,"payRanges":119},{"name":"Financial analyst","roles":379,"h1bPct":77,"entryPct":12,"statePayPct":43,"payMin":92050,"payMax":130000,"payRanges":162},{"name":"Product analyst","roles":86,"h1bPct":67,"entryPct":8,"statePayPct":58,"payMin":123600,"payMax":185000,"payRanges":50}],"remote":{"roles":217,"h1bPct":63,"statePayPct":52,"payMin":127000,"payMax":157000},"entry":{"roles":399,"h1bPct":54,"statePayPct":63,"payMin":85450,"payMax":115400,"payRanges":230},"dataAnalystSkills":{"sql":84,"python":63,"tableau":47,"powerBi":35},"cities":[{"name":"San Francisco","roles":132},{"name":"Seattle","roles":127},{"name":"Chicago","roles":92},{"name":"Boston","roles":84},{"name":"Austin","roles":63}]}}