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Title: BI Analyst hourly rate in the United States | Deftridge
Summary: BI Analyst pay in the United States: median wage $53 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $75. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# BI Analyst hourly rate in United States

The market median wage for a BI Analyst in the United States is **$52.57 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$75 an hour** on Deftridge.

**$75/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$52.57/hr** median wage

**$37-69** middle half of wages

**$1,630** a month at 5 hours a week

## BI Analyst wage percentiles in United States

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $29.41 | $640 | $61,200 |
| 25th | $37.46 | $810 | $77,900 |
| Median | $52.57 | $1,140 | $109,300 |
| 75th | $69.48 | $1,510 | $144,500 |
| 90th | $87.08 | $1,890 | $181,100 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 233,440 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## United States in numbers

What sets the United States apart for a BI Analyst, from the same sources as the table above.

- **$74.76** highest median wage, California

- **$33.64** lowest median wage, Mississippi

- **233,440** people employed in the role

- **$94.63** median wage in the San Jose metro area, the highest in the country

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

- Self-employment tax is 15.3%: 12.4% Social Security plus 2.9% Medicare; the employer-equivalent half is deductible in working out adjusted gross income. [Source](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes)

- For 2026 the first $184,500 of combined wages, tips and net self-employment earnings is subject to the Social Security part. [Source](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/self-employment-tax-social-security-and-medicare-taxes)

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a BI Analyst in the United States by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $65 | $1,410 |
| Senior | $75 | $1,630 |
| Manager | $90 | $1,950 |

- Regular role **$75**

- One-off task **$85**

- Task bundle **$80**

## BI Analyst pay by region in United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior BI Analyst, highest first; 9 of 51 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $74.76 | $110 |
| Washington | $73.68 | $105 |
| District of Columbia | $66.43 | $95 |
| New York | $61.18 | $90 |
| Massachusetts | $60.87 | $90 |
| Hawaii | $60.02 | $85 |
| Virginia | $58.63 | $85 |
| Vermont | $58.46 | $85 |
| New Jersey | $57.48 | $85 |

## Highest-paying metro areas

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [San Jose $94.63/hr median wage · range $80-119](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/california/)

- [San Francisco $90.88/hr median wage · range $70-110](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/california/)

- [Idaho Falls $79.47/hr median wage · range $65-79](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/idaho/)

- [El Centro $74.76/hr median wage · range $54-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/california/)

- [Hanford $74.76/hr median wage · range $54-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/california/)

- [Merced $74.76/hr median wage · range $54-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/california/)

- [Yuba City $74.76/hr median wage · range $54-97](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/california/)

- [Kennewick $73.68/hr median wage · range $50-93](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/washington/)

- [Longview $73.68/hr median wage · range $50-93](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/washington/)

- [Mount Vernon $73.68/hr median wage · range $50-93](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/washington/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[BI Analyst rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/bi-analyst/) · [BI Analyst jobs in United States](https://deftridge.com/jobs/bi-analyst/united-states/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
