Top 12 Careers in Big Data

1. Data Scientist

These people use their analytical and technical capabilities to extract meaningful insights from data.

Average Base Salary - $123,566 per Year 

Less than 1 Year Experience - $104,500/Year

3-5 Years Experience - $142,388/Year

According to indeed.com.

Top Companies for Data Scientist in United States

2. Data Engineer

They ensure uninterrupted flow of data between servers and applications and are responsible for data architecture.

Average Base Salary - $127641

(indeed.com, 2020)

Top Companies for Data Engineer in United States

3. Big Data Engineer 

Big Data Engineers build the designs created by solutions architects. They develop, maintain, test and evaluate big data solutions within organizations.

Average Base Salary - $102, 864/yr

Top Companies for Big Data Engineer 

4. Machine Learning Scientist

They work in the research and development of algorithms that are used in adaptive systems. They build methods for predicting product suggestions and demand forecasting, and explore Big Data to automatically extract patterns.

Average Base Salary - $114,121/yr

Top Companies for Machine Learning Scientist in United States

5. Business Analytics Specialists

A business analytics specialists supports various development initiatives, assists in testing activities and in the development of test scripts, performing research in order to understand business issues, and developing practical cost-effective solutions to problems.


Average Base Salary - $96,616/yr

Top Companies for Business Analytics Specialists

6. Data Visualization Developer

They design, develop and provide production support of interactive data visualizations used across the enterprise. They possess an artistic mind that conceptualizes, design, and develop reusable graphic/data visualizations and uses strong technical knowledge for implementing these visualizations using the latest technologies.


Average Base Salary - $93,870/yr

Top Companies for Data Visualization Developer

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7. Business Intelligence (BI) Engineer 

They have data analysis expertise and the experience of setting up reporting tools, querying and maintaining data warehouses. They are hands-on with big data and take a data driven approach to solving complex problems.

Average Base Salary - $81,514/yr

Top Companies for Business Intelligence Engineer

8. BI Solution Architect

They come up with solutions quickly to help businesses in making time sensitive decisions, have strong communication and analytical skills, passion for data visualization, and a drive for excellence and self motivation.

Average Base Salary - $110,663/yr

Also Learn More about: 10 Principles of BI

Top Companies for BI Solution Architect

9. BI Specialist 

They are responsible for supporting an enterprise wide business intelligence framework. This position requires critical thinking, attention to detail, and effective communication skills.

Average Base Salary - $85,554/yr

Top Companies for Business Intelligence Specialist

10. Analytics Manager

An analytics manager is responsible for configuration, design, implementation, and support for data analysis solution or BI tool. They are specifically required to analyze huge quantities of information gathered through transactional activity.

Average Base Salary - $97,077/yr

Top Companies for Analytics Manager

11. Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer's final "output" is the working software, and their "audience" for this output consists of other software components that run autonomously with minimal human supervision. The decisions are made by machines and they affect how a product or service behaves.

Average Base Salary - $141,166/yr

Top Companies for Machine Learning Engineer in United States

12. STATISTICIAN

They gather numerical data and then display it, and help companies to make sense of quantitative data and to spot trends and make predictions.

Average Base Salary - $76,884/yr

Top Companies for Statistician

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