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Junior Data Analyst
TechnologyYou'll write your first SQL queries, build dashboards nobody asked for, and discover that 80% of data analysis is just cleaning the data. Your manager will say 'can you pull some numbers?' and you'll spend three hours figuring out which table has the right numbers.
Salary Range
Low
$45k
Median
$53k
High
$60k
10-Year Growth
36%
US Workers
102K
Education
Bachelor's in Statistics, Math, or related field
Environment
remote
Tools & Technical Skills
- ▸SQL fundamentals
- ▸Excel & Google Sheets (pivot tables, VLOOKUP)
- ▸Basic Python or R
- ▸Tableau or Power BI basics
- ▸Data cleaning techniques
- ▸Descriptive statistics
People & Mindset Skills
- ▸Curiosity
- ▸Attention to detail
- ▸Communication
- ▸Problem solving
- ▸Willingness to learn
- ▸Organization
- ▸Persistence
Learn the skills
Courses and certifications to get you job-ready
SQL fundamentals
Excel & Google Sheets (pivot tables, VLOOKUP)
Basic Python or R
Tableau or Power BI basics
What you'll actually do
- 01Write SQL queries and hope the joins are correct
- 02Clean messy datasets that look like they were assembled by chaos gremlins
- 03Build dashboards in Tableau or Power BI for your team
- 04Learn the company's data warehouse by clicking around and asking questions
- 05Create Excel reports that somehow still end up being the most-used deliverable
- 06Realize 'quick analysis' always takes four times longer than estimated
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