A Data Analyst collects, cleans, and interprets data, using tools like Excel, SQL, and Tableau to analyze trends and provide insights for decisions.
description:A Data Analyst collects, cleans, and interprets data, using tools like Excel, SQL, and Tableau to analyze trends and provide insights for decisions.
If you like: analyzing data to find insights, creating reports and visualizations, working with spreadsheets and databases.
This role has a $96,640 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 70,088 jobs available ¹.
A Data Scientist analyzes large datasets to uncover insights, using statistics, machine learning, and visualization to inform business strategies.
description:A Data Scientist analyzes large datasets to uncover insights, using statistics, machine learning, and visualization to inform business strategies.
If you like: analyzing complex datasets, developing machine learning models, solving statistical problems.
This role has a $143,232 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 51,812 jobs available ¹.
Credentials
A Digital Marketing Specialist manages campaigns, optimizing SEO, SEM, and social media with tools like Google Analytics to increase engagement.
description:A Digital Marketing Specialist manages campaigns, optimizing SEO, SEM, and social media with tools like Google Analytics to increase engagement.
If you like: creating online marketing campaigns, analyzing digital data, driving customer engagement.
This role has a $67,456 median salary ¹.
This role has approximately 9,840 jobs available ¹.
Credentials
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¹ Median salary and job opening data are sourced from Lightcast™ Job Postings Report. Content Creator, Machine Learning Engineer and Salesforce Development Representative (1/1/2024 - 12/31/2024) All other job roles (4/1/2024 - 4/1/2025)