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Junior Data Analyst

Technology

You'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

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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