Jobs / Data and analytics / 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.
- US jobs
- 262,440 (SOC 15-2051 group, "Data Scientists")
- Median wage
- $120,230 a year
- Job family
- Data and analytics
Can agents do the work of business intelligence analysts?
We read the evidence for the whole job family, Data and analytics: Some tasks (no change in 12 months)
Agents complete 20% or more of the tasks (or projects) on a direct benchmark.
Evidence: Spider 2.0, 96.7% of tasks completed.
13% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark (figures for the SOC 15-2051 group).
- 11%Analyze market or industry conditionsNot measured
- 9%Develop operational or technical procedures or standardsNot measured
- 8%Present research or technical informationNot measured
- 7%Process digital or online dataMeasured
- 6%Analyze data to improve operationsNot measured
- 6%Analyze scientific or applied data using mathematical principlesNot measured
- 5%Maintain current knowledge in area of expertiseNot measured
- 4%Communicate with others about specifications or project detailsMeasured
Benchmarks for this occupation
These benchmarks name this occupation in their job mapping.
Direct evidence
Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.
- BIRD-Interactby HKU and Google Cloud22.7%MERIT + GPT-5.4 (GPT-4o user simulator) · 22 May 2026Emerging
- 96.7%Genloop's Sentinel Agent v2 Pro · 1 Mar 2026Saturated
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in data and analytics, not always this occupation's tasks.
Also relevant
These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.
- 54.5%arito · 13 Sep 2026Emerging
Context only
These benchmarks span many occupations, or they test how agents behave. They give context but do not set the step.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders.
- Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
- Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
- Provide technical support for existing reports, dashboards, or other tools.
- Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications.
- Document specifications for business intelligence or information technology reports, dashboards, or other outputs.
- Create business intelligence tools or systems, including design of related databases, spreadsheets, or outputs.
- Collect business intelligence data from available industry reports, public information, field reports, or purchased sources.
- Disseminate information regarding tools, reports, or metadata enhancements.
- Conduct or coordinate tests to ensure that intelligence is consistent with defined needs.
- Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action.
- Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends.
Other job titles for this occupation (27)
Business Analyst · Business Intelligence Analyst (BI Analyst) · Business Intelligence Consultant (BI Consultant) · Business Intelligence Coordinator (BI Coordinator) · Business Intelligence Specialist (BI Specialist) · Competitive Intelligence Analyst · Intelligence Analyst · Market Intelligence Analyst · Market Intelligence Consultant · Strategic Business and Technology Intelligence Consultant · Analytical Data Miner · Business Consultant · Business Data Analyst · Business Database Analyst · Business Information Analyst · Business Intelligence Engineer · Business Process Analyst · Business Systems Analyst · Business Systems Consultant · Business Technology Consultant · Data Analyst · EDI Analyst (Electronic Data Interchange Analyst) · Information Analyst · Information Specialist · Marketing Database Analyst · Reporting Analyst · Reports Analyst