Subject Analyst Salary in the United States

How much does a Subject Analyst make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for a Subject Analyst in the United States is $81,692 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $39.

However, a Subject Analyst's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $95,379
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $75,242 to $88,856
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $69,369
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Subject Analyst Salaries by Percentile

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Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $88,856 $7,405 $1,709 $43
Average $81,692 $6,808 $1,571 $39
25th Percentile $75,242 $6,270 $1,447 $36
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Key Factors That Influence Subject Analyst Salaries

A Subject Analyst's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Subject Analyst Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Subject Analyst's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $81,692
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $82,371
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $84,108
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $84,456
  • Expert (over 8 years): $84,687
Levels Salary
Entry Level Subject Analyst$81,692
Intermediate Level Subject Analyst$82,371
Senior Level Subject Analyst$84,108
Specialist Level Subject Analyst$84,456
Expert Level Subject Analyst$84,687
$81,692 0 yr
$82,371 < 2 yrs
$84,108 2-4 yrs
$84,456 5-8 yrs
$84,687 > 8 yrs
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How Do Subject Analyst Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Subject Analysts. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

  • District of Columbia: $90,449.
  • California: $90,106.
  • Massachusetts: $88,905.

Top Paying Cities for Subject Analysts

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $103,038
  • San Francisco: $102,025
  • Oakland: $99,762

What Skills Can Increase a Subject Analyst's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Insight (Mentioned in 3.51% Job Postings): Insight is the understanding cause and effect based on the identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.
  • Typography (Mentioned in 3.38% Job Postings): Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing (leading), and letter-spacing (tracking), and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). The term typography is also applied to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process. Type design is a closely related craft, sometimes considered part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. Typography also may be used as a decorative device, unrelated to communication of information. Typography is the work of typesetters (also known as compositors), typographers, graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, graffiti artists, and, now, anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication, display, or distribution, from clerical workers and newsletter writers to anyone self-publishing materials. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of previously unrelated designers and lay users. As the capability to create typography has become ubiquitous, the application of principles and best practices developed over generations of skilled workers and professionals has diminished. So at a time when scientific techniques can support the proven traditions (e.g., greater legibility with the use of serifs, upper and lower case, contrast, etc.) through understanding the limitations of human vision, typography as often encountered may fail to achieve its principal objective: effective communication.
  • Product Design (Mentioned in 2.41% Job Postings): Product design as a verb is to create a new product to be sold by a business to its customers. A very broad coefficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products. Thus, it is a major aspect of new product development. Due to the absence of a consensually accepted definition that reflects the breadth of the topic sufficiently, two discrete, yet interdependent, definitions are needed: one that explicitly defines product design in reference to the artifact, the other that defines the product design process in relation to this artifact. Product design as a noun: the set of properties of an artifact, consisting of the discrete properties of the form (i.e., the aesthetics of the tangible good and/or service) and the function (i.e. its capabilities) together with the holistic properties of the integrated form and function.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Insight 3.51%
Typography 3.38%
Product Design 2.41%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Subject Analyst's salary.
  • Prioritization: Can increase your salary by up to 36%.
  • Storytelling: Can increase your salary by up to 30%.
  • Commitment: Can increase your salary by up to 20%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Prioritization
$111,101
36%
Storytelling
$106,199
30%
Commitment
$98,030
20%
Collaborating
$93,129
14%
Written Communication
$93,129
14%
Human-Computer Interaction
$92,312
13%
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Subject Analyst Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Subject Analyst's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on January 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Subject Analyst

Salaries for a Subject Analyst can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary increased from $77,635 in 2023 to around $77,927 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Subject Analyst salary trends, .

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